A tremendous piece of work.
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09/23/02
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Invincible (2002)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:27
Rotten:24
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Sluggish and flawed, this is a minor work in Herzog's career.
Theatrical Release:Sep 20, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Werner Herzog's first fiction film since 1984's WHERE THE GREEN ANTS DREAM, INVINCIBLE is based on the true story of Zishe Breitbart (Ahola), a Polish Jew from a humble shtetl who was touted as the... [More]
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Top CriticAfter one gets the feeling that the typical Hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here, it's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of Zishe and the fiery presence of Hanussen.
09/23/02
Top CriticA compelling allegory about the last days of Germany's democratic Weimar Republic.
09/22/02
Herzog is obviously looking for a moral to his fable, but the notion that a strong, unified showing among Germany and Eastern European Jews might have changed 20th-Century history is undermined by Ahola's inadequate performance.
09/20/02
It's difficult for a longtime admirer of his work to not be swept up in Invincible and overlook its drawbacks.
09/20/02
Top CriticAt the one-hour mark, Herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion.
09/20/02
Herzog's intentions are clearly noble, but unless you care to wait for the moments when Roth picks up the film and carries it on his back, back off.
09/20/02
Top CriticEmbellished with touches of magic realism and washed in a voluptuous quasi-Wagnernian score, Invincible, when at its best, is almost as seductive as Hanussen's games of smoke and mirrors.
09/20/02
Top CriticIt's depressing to see how far Herzog has fallen.
09/20/02
Invincible is a wonderful movie.
09/19/02
Herzog fails to find the visual heart of Zishe's story.
09/17/02
Top CriticSounding like Arnold Schwarzenegger, with a physique to match, [Ahola] has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that doesn't produce any real transformation.
09/09/02
Some elements of it really blow the big one, but other parts are decent.
09/06/02
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08/12/02
A film which presses familiar Herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction, when really what we demand of the director is to be mesmerised.
08/08/02
Real-life strongman Ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders.
04/17/02
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