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  • Starring: Jouko Ahola, Tim Roth
  • Summary: 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)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 19
  2. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. 100
    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.
  2. 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.
  3. Reviewed by: Richard Cline
    60
    There are some realistic, scary themes at work here that make it worth a look.
  4. 25
    It's depressing to see how far Herzog has fallen.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. CharlieD.
    9
    Enthralling. Nothing phony here.