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[REVIEW
> THE INVISIBLES]
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| 04/17/2001 |
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"The
Invisibles": Isn't it grand to be rich, beautiful and
stupid?
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Reviewed by Sue Limsukonth
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| Joy brings a fellow rehab escapee to her
apartment in Paris to pass out, get sick, order in pizza
and over intellectualize as much as their dim-witted brains
allow them to. This is about all the action we get from
Noah Stern's "The Invisibles," a film that strives
to be spontaneous and effortless, but ends up collapsing
under its own ponderous weight. |
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Portia
DeRossi
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Set in a Paris apartment for 99 percent of the film, "The
Invisibles" tells the story of Jude (Michael Goorjian),
an American rock star, who is taken in by Joy (Portia
DeRossi), an anorexic American supermodel, after they
both independently escape from rehab. What follows is
a story, or rather non-story, of two young people trying
to cope with the world in which they live in while coming
to terms with the person they are. |
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| Had Jude and Joy been a tad more likable,
the film would have been worth its while for us. But both,
having so much in common, are whiners who are not satisfied
with the success thrown at them. They are too shallow
to realize that their pseudo-intellectual discussions
sound like some affected teenagers in trendy coffeehouses
pretending to know it all. Half way into the film, we
yearn for the characters to snap out of it and realize
they are spoiled, petulant brats. |
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| Most of the interaction in the film was verbal.
But the dialogues that come out of their mouths are so
self-absorbed that sometime we wonder if they even listen
to themselves talking. What the easy-going conversation
tries to achieve here is probably an illusion that the
story and its structure are effortless and improvisational.
Had it been more carefully done, it could be engaging
and enlightening, but in this case it is just plain tiresome
and irritating. |
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| There are a couple of saving graces, although
so minute they seem almost insignificant. DeRossi, best
known on "Ally McBeal," gives a range of emotion
appropriate for a television actress. Had "The Invisibles"
been in a better film, her mediocre depth would have gone
unnoticed. But here it provides us with a breath of fresh
air. The other two from this three-character film, Goorjian
and the pizza delivery guy, are as flat as cardboard. |
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| Shot entirely in black and white, the cinematography
and the composition are laudable, but not enough to keep
us wanting to linger on until the end credit rolls. |
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I believe it is unfair to say that all models are anorexic
girls, diet coke drinkers and fashion magazine junkies
and all rock stars are glamorous, womanizing egomaniacs.
But Stern manages to simply put all the stereotypes into
his characters, giving us a misimpression that we have
entered their exclusive world only to discover later that
the story is conveniently lifted right out of the pages
of supermarket tabloids. .jpg)
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Now
in theatrical release
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Film
Festivals & Awards
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Sundance Film Festival 1999
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Sedona Film Festival 1999
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Nashville International Film Festival
1999
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1999 Chicago alt.Film Festival
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| Official
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You can watch the trailer on the official
site!
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