O Bebê Invisível

From the title I was expecting some sort of crisis-of-the-week TV drama concerning child molestation or neglect, but INVISIBLE CHILD was nothing of the sort! Remarkably original, sophisticated production concerned with how people create their own private fantasies & how those fantasies sometimes come in conflict with the external world, rather like *HOUSEKEEPING*. My only complaint is that, unlike HOUSEKEEPING, the style is not idiosyncratic & moody enough to complement the content, but other than that, a fine movie!

First off, watch the trailer on-line somewhere, and you'll get a pretty good idea of the badness therin.

Now, the sinister edge implied in the trailer isn't there ("Driven to the edge of insanity..."), instead there's a lot of absurd God talk and touchy-feely understanding. But that's what one expects from these dark suburban Lifetime- style movies.

That said, there is no beating the scene where the have a showdown with the evil Child Protection Services woman (as they all are, you know). She questions one of the other kids about her mom's craziness: "When somebody has a fantasy that nobody else does, that's a very dangerous thing." The precocious child's reply: "Oh, like Martin Luter King. He had a dream that no one else had." Ha! Take that!

The movie's ending is not touching as it is meant to be, but rather an even more insane cure for the problem - though not in any wild knife-wielding way. It that were the case the movie would be amazing instead of just absurdly amusing.

Rita Wilson is just...just...hideous in all ways. She is just a small piece of the larger puzzle that works to make The Invisible Child a masterpiece for those who love jaw-dropping crap-tastic television.

From the title I thought that this movie would be some drivel about latch key children or what not. I was surprised by what I saw. The plot was original, extremely original considering that this is a Lifetime network movie.

Basically the invisible child is the middle child in a family. The mother created her, and spends as much time caring for her as for either of the other children. The treatment of Maggie, the imaginary child, is not shallow. Maggie has strong character traits and a personality. She is a dynamic character and is truly a member of the family.

Problems exist within the family because of Maggie. The nanny is understandably bothered by Maggie. The youngest child was born after Maggie, and he believes that she is real.

This movie is worth seeing. It is an interesting concept.

I saw this movie on a Sunday afternoon. When it was over, I couldn't believe there was a movie this dumb out there. At least the kid in Sixth Sense knew he was seeing dead people, and he was being helped by a psychiatrist. The story behind this film is about a woman who sees a little girl that doesn't exist, and the husband isn't helping her.

The movie, more or less, ends the way it begins. The invisible child dies (according to the only person who sees her), and they bury her in the backyard. Notice, that the movie doesn't show them burying her in a coffin, and they are not at a cemetery.

This could have been a comedy, but it wasn't.

Poor plot, writing, premise. Some acting was okay but could not save this vehicle from crashing and burning. I've seen a LOT of movies, and this was even worse than Elevator Girls in Bondage!

GAG, Cough, sputter . . . AAAACK