L'enfant imaginaire

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!

Yup, it's as bad as bad can be. I agree that sometimes you need to suspend disbelief and just enjoy - I love disaster movies, for example, and hardly ever quibble about the ludicrous plots and nonsense science. But this is not bad enough to be fun. It's rubbish.

I must admit that "Invisible Child" is a weird movie. It's about a family in LA, they live in a beautiful house and are very happy. Except for the mother,Annie Beeman (Rita Wilson) because she has imagined a third child, Maggie, who is five years old at the beginning of the movie. The father, Tim Beeman (Victor Garber) supports her, along with the others two kids, ten year old Rebecca ( nicknamed Doc ), who does know her sister isn't real and four year old Sam who doesn't know that. Anyhow, they hire a nanny, she's English and she is very confused when she learns what's going on in this household. This nanny (Tushka Bergen) tries to solve the problems the Beemans have been facing for so long, but is a long road to go...

As I already said: some parts are weird because you can't figure out who's faking and who's not, but please remember: this is an AMERICAN movie -- they usually have a happy ending. My advice to you is to tape this movie if you get the chance!

8/10

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.