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58 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 92TheWrapWilliam BibbianiTheWrapWilliam BibbianiThere’s no extraneous storytelling here, no scene that feels unnecessary, no scary moment that plays like it’s pandering. This is the expertly told, horrifying story of an abusive relationship filtered through the lens of a classic horror movie monster.
- 83The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMoss also strengthens the notion that this is a monster movie unusually interested in looking past the toxic-male machinations of its famous character and toward the lasting horrors left in his wake. In other words, the stuff that previous movies, and real life, have sometimes tried to turn invisible.
- 80IGNRosie KnightIGNRosie KnightLeigh Whannell's bleak and brutal reimagining of the classic Invisible Man is chillingly effective.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThis gratifyingly clever and, at times, powerfully staged thriller is too rooted in our era to be called old-fashioned — its release, in fact, feels almost karmically synched to the week of the Harvey Weinstein verdict. Yet there’s one way that the movie is old-fashioned: It does an admirable job of taking us back to a time when a horror film could actually mean something.
- 75USA TodayBrian TruittUSA TodayBrian TruittThe Invisible Man is both a jumpstart and a template for their renaissance: The movie delves into the sheer terror of abuse and explores how Cecilia doesn’t even really understand the psychological scars until she begins to discover some semblance of freedom.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyBy the time the film begins approaching the two-hour point, the feeling sets in that perhaps Whannell is stretching his conceit a bit too far for its own good. But it’s hard to deny his ingenuity and flair with genre tropes and keeping his audience somewhere approaching the edge of its collective seat.
- 60The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThere’s fun to be had here, thanks to Moss and an involving set-up, and given the state of multiplex horror, especially at this time of year, this is a striking diversion. But Whannell gives us just enough to make us want more and despite the stretched 125-minute runtime, he can’t quite deliver what he loosely promises.
- 60Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonWhannell is so invested in unloading juicy surprises that this initially realistic story becomes increasingly preposterous, but Moss keeps the film anchored in plausibility; although sometimes just barely.
- 38Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThrough to the end, you can’t get off on the thrill of this film’s craftsmanship without also getting off on the spectacle of more than just Cecilia brought to the brink of destruction. Like its style, The Invisible Man’s cruelty is the point.