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Gustaf Skarsgard, Tuva Novotny, Thomas Hedengran

A teenager is assaulted and killed, but returns as a ghost to find his killer.

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Unrated, 95 min.

Directed by: Joel Bergvall, Simon Sandquist

Release Date: January 30, 2002

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  • EarthlyAlien
    March 21, 2009
    EarthlyAlien
    "I haven't much time Left. I'm dying and you're the only one who can help me."

    Sweden, cold land of high prices for alcohol and eternal social peace. The image of Sweden (and Nordic countries in general) has changed in Europe and, to some extent, the world in the last dec...( read more)ade not only since the murders of politicians started to be in the news very often, but especially since violence in schools (a theme very present in The Invisible, other than the supernatural) became an "issue."

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    I think Scandinavian (i.e: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish) cinema's unpopularity among the global, commercial film circuit is due to its own DNA: always somber, moody and cold. As opposed to the cream of European Film (made in France, Germany, Spain and Italy), the films made up there rarely surprise people, rarely go places we want to be taken, rarely break the conventions of the time. The Invisible is one of those few that do.

    It's a splendid achievement by the team of directors Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist - in their first full-length film - that manages to successfully blend supernatural drama and social commentary with striking results. Bergvall and Sandquist got an Academy Award nomination in '99 in the short film category, for Victor, also on the grave theme of death. The Invisible is based on a novel by the Swedish writer Mats Wahl, a mighty storyteller.

    And this story is indeed mighty. A high school senior, Niklas (Gustaf Skarsgård, Stellan's son), who likes to write poetry but finds himself bound by his mother's high and misguided expectations, is beaten up brutally, due to a misunderstanding, by a troubled, delinquent girl (Tuva Novotny) of his age, and left for dead on his last week of school. When he comes to school the next day, he finds that everybody ignores him, as if he had become invisible. Soon, he realizes that he really is.

    This slight ingredient of the paranormal, makes the story rise to a mythical magnitude, and the film makers, as well as the actors, manage to keep it there, to explore the grand perspectives suddenly appearing. Still, the very concrete psychological drama continues, and intensifies. And it all amounts to one formidably gripping experience, not easily forgotten. There are, of course, unavoidable echoes of Sixth Sense and a number of other films about the mysterious borderland between life and death, and the necessity for our lives to reach some kind of conclusion, some kind of harmony, before passing on.

    If searching for them, one can find some small weaknesses - like the unnecessary presence of a gun, or the inability of the dialogue to deal with those profound existential questions - but that's easily forgotten in the very touching and beautiful whole of the film, and more so after its uncompromising and magnificent ending. A truly amazing experience.
  • habitualdamnation
    September 18, 2007
    habitualdamnation
    For once, ACTUALLY inferior to the Hollywood remake! Everythin is the same, from the dead bird to Annie's/Annelie's snowcap and hoodie - but the endings differ in that this was bleak and the Justin Chatwin one was romantic. You gotta love the "I'm more of a hockey fan" line!
  • spaulsson
    July 8, 2009
    spaulsson
    A dark and gripping drama that's both down-to-earth and supernatural. Innovative plot that could've been executed in a better way, with less clichés and stereotypes. Pretty good acting, music and photography.
  • malacaynomuerto
    January 27, 2009
    malacaynomuerto
    No todo es perfecto bajo la vida envidiable se esconden verdades que quieren salir
  • aswinwilliam
    September 22, 2008
    aswinwilliam
    amazing thriller/drama film i've ever seen. It sure was brutal and sad but acting was brilliant by Gustaf as Nikolas and that villian chick. Forget Swaze's Ghost this is way better. also intense.
  • Strappado
    July 20, 2008
    Strappado
    I fucking like this movie!
  • Insania
    July 20, 2008
    Insania
    beautiful, wonderful, simply brilliant. One of the best movies made in sweden
  • dgop
    January 20, 2008
    dgop
    intersting movie. Behind the story we find some issues in swedish society, like racism, teen violence...
  • dramaprincess014
    January 13, 2008
    dramaprincess014
    ohhh!!! i love it!!! its like the best movie ever!!!!
  • tpb001
    November 15, 2007
    tpb001
    I guess that especially younger girls like it :) I do not.

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