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....this is a granite-colored gem, more beautiful for what it lacks than for what it has.
It lacks, for one thing, that amber-colored lens that so many filmmakers use, the one that colors the world in bright jewel tones and lush greens. It lacks Spielberg-esque background music telling you how to feel. It lacks glamour, fairy tales and phoniness.
Phoebe goes to Europe to track Faith's footsteps. There is no aerial view of the Eiffel Tower with accordions playing La Vie En Rose. There are no cutesy Europeans plying her with their wares, no breathtaking, overphotographed landmarks. She is alone in the dingy, drab, real colors of the real Europe. She finds out that Faith wasn't what she thought. She finds out that she, Phoebe, is OK after all. Not an atom-splitting moment; just an everyday kind of epiphany, wrenching nonetheless.
Pay attention to the ending, if you didn't the first time. It's like a period at the end of a sentence.
This film didn't insult my intelligence or my attention span. It was really quite refreshing. And haunting.

Does anybody have MEANINGFUL sex anymore?
The Invisible Circus has probably piqued your curiosity because it really does seem like it would be a great movie. It really COULD be a great movie, but it isn't. Pheobe's (Jordana Brewster) sister, Faith (Cameron Diaz), goes away one summer with her boyfriend on a trip to a whole nother country, to explore, expand, and be free. Everything was fine until the news came back that Faith had killed herself while on this trip. Phoebe's sorrow seems to never mend, and eventually, once she turns 18, she decides to follow her sisters footsteps via the postcards that Faith sent her and try and find an answer. While on this mission, she tracks down Faith's old boyfriend, Wolf (Christopher Eccleston), and begins questioning him as to any information that he may know concerning her sister, particularly her sister's final days. At first reluctant, Wolf finally gives in, going against all of the promises that he made to Faith ("Promise me that no matter what, you won't tell anyone about any of this, ESPECIALLY my mom and Pheobe." "Okay, I promise."). As with any movie whose writers can't think for themselves, the inevitable happens, and both Pheobe and Wolf blatantly throw any respect they have for Faith out the window by falling victim to a romance that doesn't even really exist between the two (the on-screen chemistry between Brewster and Eccleston is barely believable, at times an insult to the viewer), as soon after, Pheobe returns home, leaving Wolf in another country after he cheated on his current lover with her. This aspect of the movie really soured the whole for me, however, even without it, The Invisible Circus has a tendancy to turn your eyelids heavy.. you'll have a hard time being able to keep them open. Try and hold on for a climax, a solution to everything that would make the unbearable beginning and middle parts of this movie worth it, and you'll be very disappointed. For fans of Diaz, she does especially shine in this role, however, you'd better be a bigger fan of Brewster, as she is the main character in this film, and there aren't as many scenes with Diaz as you are led to believe. This movie is definitely nothing to worry about missing.

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I think "The Invisible Circus" was a good movie, but it could've been better. Here are the facts:

Phoebe(Jordana Brewster) is an eighteen year old living in San Francisco in 1976 with her mother(Blythe Danner). Her father(Patrick Bergin) died of leukemia nine years before, and her sister Faith(Cameron Diaz) killed herself six years before in Portugal.

Phoebe never got over Faith's death, so she decides to go to Europe to find out what happened to Faith during her year in Europe. Phoebe uses the postcards Faith sent as a map, going everywhere Faith went(Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris and Portugal).
In Paris, she finds Wolf(Christopher Eccleston), Faith's ex-boyfriend. Wolf hasn't gotten over Faith's death either, despite the fact he's about to marry another woman(Isabella Pasco).

With Wolf's help, Phoebe learns what happened to Faith and why she killed herself, and Phoebe finally moves on.

The performances were good enough, and the movie was somewhat interesting.

Overall- 5.5/10

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