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Invincible

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
E. Max Frye
Werner Herzog
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 20, 2002
DVD: June 3, 2003
Running Time: 135 minutes, Color
Origin: USA / UK / Germany
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for some sexual content and thematic elements
Starring Tim Roth, Jouko Ahola, Anna Gourari, Max Raabe, Jacob Wein, Gustav-Peter Wöhler, Udo Kier, and Herbert Golder
The true story of a simple man who is transported from his humble village roots to the giddy excesses of the 1930s Berlin and finds himself becoming the new Samson to protect the Jewish people. (Fine Line Features)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Watching Invincible was a singular experience for me, because it reminded me of the fundamental power that the cinema had for us when we were children. The film exercises the power that fable has for the believing.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
The period is evoked with care and imagination, and the film glows with Peter Zeitlinger's cinematography. It has some bravura images and surreal moments typical of Herzog, and composers Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt have contributed a lovely score.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
If Invincible is soft at the center, its visual grandeur and mostly full-blooded performances make it gripping, for this eminent German director has pulled off the tricky feat of elevating a true story into a larger-than-life allegory.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J. R. Jones
Though Ahola's acting is unschooled, to say the least, Herzog shrewdly uses his blunt sincerity to counterpoint Roth's spectacularly icy performance.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
An extraordinary story uniquely suited to Herzog's abilities, it eventually becomes easy to accept Ahola as a nearly mute witness to the obsessives around him, most immediately Tim Roth in a striking performance as Ahola's employer.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Half-baked Herzog, though it has twinkles of theatrical purity that remind you of when his vision was grand.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Invincible works, simply but provocatively, as a parable about the oppressed and the oppressors, victimhood and fanaticism.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Erratically acted and, at times, clumsily written.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
Invincible lacks Herzog's usual visual and intellectual panache, and is afflicted by weak English-language acting, which makes it more of a career curio than a major work.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
A wonderful movie. For every misstep there are the sublime expressions of agony and ecstasy of which Herzog is a master.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Richard Cline
There are some realistic, scary themes at work here that make it worth a look.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Herzog has certainly found a fascinating subject, but he does surprisingly little with it, especially considering the 135- minute running time.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Steers clear of historical accuracy. 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.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
What's more disappointing is how filthy Invincible is with missed opportunities for Herzog to be Herzog.
Read Full Review >Variety David Stratton
This potentially intriguing story winds up being dull and at times faintly silly.
Read Full Review >New Times (L.A.) Jean Oppenheimer
The predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch, so stilted and unconvincing are the performances. Poor Roth has nobody to play against and flounders in trying to keep the ship upright. Herzog aims for a kind of operatic sweep that he fails to achieve.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Charlie D. gave it a9:
Enthralling. Nothing phony here.
