A wonderful, insightful, goofy, bizarre look at a strange case.
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01/01/00
The Invisible Man (1933)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:29
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.4/10
Consensus: James Whale's classic The Invisible Man features still-sharp special effects, loads of tension, a goofy sense of humor, and a memorable debut from Claude Rains.
Runtime: 72 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: With THE INVISIBLE MAN (the first film in a series), James Whale (FRANKENSTEIN) provides another stylish, blackly comic entry in the popular Universal horror cycle of the 1930s. When a mysterious... [More]
Starring: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Una O'Connor
Director: James Whale
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Reviews for The Invisible Man
Rains, with his clear, sensitively inflected voice, was lucky: it made him a star.
06/24/06
The story is one of those great mad scientist tales in which the potion invented with the best intentions for its enhancement of human life becomes instead an evil force bent on its destruction.
03/10/03
The many special effects -- some retouched on film by hand -- are quaint by today's digital standards, but that only makes them all the more fun.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt is hardly necessary to dwell upon the performances of the cast beyond saying that they all rise to the demands of their parts. As for the settings, they seem very real, and the direction and acting of the uniformed police force are unusually good.
01/28/06
Top CriticJames Whale's 1933 film plays more like a British folk comedy than a horror movie; it's full of the same deft character twists that made his Bride of Frankenstein a classic.
06/04/07
Top CriticOne of the all time fun pictures, with enough ingredients in it to please a wide variety of film fans.
01/01/00
The strangest character yet created by the screen [from the novel by H.G. Wells] roams through The Invisible Man.
11/06/08
Top CriticOveracted but holds on pretty well though.
05/10/05
Remains memorable for its tension, its special effects and the talkie debut of Claude Rains.
07/25/01
Rains, with his silky, slightly superior-sounding voice, emerges as pathetic not grandiose, and the film clips along with boundless energy.
04/27/09
By turns hilarious, haunting and horrific.
07/30/03
One of the best of the horror stories to reach the screen, this picture rates high because of originality of theme, excellent acting, expert camerawork and direction, plus an atmosphere of brooding mystery.
06/13/01
Terrific entry in the James Whale horror canon
12/28/04
A James Whale masterpiece
07/30/02
Great black & white fantasy film.
10/24/03
The special effects hold up surprisingly well, and the story is as compelling as ever.
12/30/02
Repleto de momentos deliciosamente bem-humorados (obra de James Whale), o filme tem bons efeitos visuais - mesmo para os padrões atuais – e uma performance marcante, mesmo que “invisível”, de Claude Rains.
07/20/03
No review available.
02/08/04
No review available.
06/26/05
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