The Invisible (2007)

A teenager is left invisible to the living after an attack.

Director:

David S. Goyer

Writers:

Mick Davis (screenplay), Christine Roum (screenplay)

Stars:

Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Justin Chatwin	...	Nick Powell
Margarita Levieva	...	Annie Newton
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Diane Powell
Chris Marquette	...	Pete Egan
Alex O'Loughlin	...	Marcus Bohem
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Detective Brian Larson
Michelle Harrison	...	Detective Kate Tunney
Ryan Kennedy	...	Matty
Andrew Francis	...	Dean
P. Lynn Johnson	...	Sharon Egan
Serge Houde	...	Martin Egan
Desiree Zurowski	...	Lindy Newton
Mark Houghton	...	Jack Newton
Alex Ferris	...	Victor Newton
Tania Saulnier	...	Suzie

Storyline

Nick Powell is an excellent high-school student who raises money by selling homework and results of quizzes to his schoolmates. He aims to travel to London for a writer's course - telling his best friend, Pete Egan, that he has already bought the airplane ticket but he has not told his mother yet. Annie Newton has a problem with Pete, who owes her money. As events unfold, due to a case of mistaken identity, Nick takes a severe beating from Annie and her gang, his body dumped in a sewer. The next morning, he discovers he cannot be seen - he is now a spirit in a state of limbo and can only observe as the events of that day unfold.

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Plot Keywords:

punched in the face | remake of swedish film | remake | psychotronic film | movie flop | 

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Taglines:

Together they must solve his murder... Before it's too late.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, criminality, sensuality and language - all involving teens

Did You Know?

Trivia

Alex O'Loughlin portrays a criminal in this film. He would later go on to portray Commander Steve McGarrett in the CBS reboot, Hawaii Five-0.

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Goofs

When Annie is pushing back the sewer lid to find Nick's body, the "spirit" Nick is the one who ends up pushing the sewer lid the rest of the way open, even though he doesn't physically exist.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Diane Powell: It wasn't easy when Nick's father died, raising a teenager alone. But with a boy like Nick, well, he is now everything a mother could want. We've been through some hard times. We've carried each other. Now I look to the future, and I know there's nothing that we can't do together.

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Connections

Remake of The Invisible (2002)

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Soundtracks

02.20 Boy
Written by Bruce Aisher and Luke Brancaccio
Performed by Suicide Sports Club
Courtesy of Redrock Records Ltd.
By Arrangement with Zync Music Inc.

User Reviews

Strangely Compelling Teen Ghost Story

Definitely NOT a copycat of "The Sixth Sense" this film instead is highly original, sets its own mark, goes its own way.

Although I haven't been a teen in decades, I know them well enough to say the portrayals of the central characters are as on-the-level as I've seen lately. This never-dull and unusual story kept us involved more than we expected, and I recommend it for anyone who enjoys either teen movies or supernatural thrillers.

If you rent it from Netflix, please beware of a similar titled film, a dreadful movie about two young American stone-heads pretty much comatose in a cheap flat in Paris. Dull and stupid.

The soundtrack of INVISIBLE is truly good and proves that good music is still being done in 2007 even if they don't ever play it on the air.

One way films have improved: When I was a teen there were never any teen movies with characters you could either believe or relate to. Now they make such movies frequently. After all, the most complex problems in a lifetime are during the teen years. Everything after that is easy once you've survived the basic training of that age. Once you know that you've got an over-sized field of ideas for good movies like this.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA Sweden South Africa

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 April 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Invisible

Filming Locations:

Burnaby Mountain Secondary School, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,717,309, 29 April 2007

Gross USA:

$20,578,909

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$26,810,113

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Birnbaum / Barber Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1