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A woman from London starts working for a family as a nanny and discovers that the mother thinks she has an imaginary child called Maggie.A woman from London starts working for a family as a nanny and discovers that the mother thinks she has an imaginary child called Maggie.A woman from London starts working for a family as a nanny and discovers that the mother thinks she has an imaginary child called Maggie.
David A.R. White
- Mr. Felix
- (as David White)
Robert Harvey
- Officer #1
- (as Bob Harvey)
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We caught this TV-movie quite by accident, and not having any prior knowledge of it, and really enjoyed it. Very creative and original story. And the performances, especially that of Jane Edith Wilson as Mrs. Woods, were very good. Wilson was right on target. A real breakthrough for this newcomer. We can't wait to see her in her next outing.
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.
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.
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.
This is the worst TV movie I've seen EVER! The constant repetition of the sound track, the needless camera pans of `Maggie', the awful casting, and ludicrous plot made it unbearable to watch. If you ever come across this movie in a TV guide, avoid it at all costs, better yet, do something totally unrelated to watching movies.
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