In a scene between Cecilia and James’s daughter, Sydney, they are clearly not less than 6 feet away from each other when the Invisible Man slaps Sydney, who immediately blames Cecilia. The policeman, James, doesn’t believe her either. Emily isn’t the only one to fail Cecilia this way. The portrayal of abuse and its fallout feels insulting and pandering, as if Leigh Whannell, the writer/director, read a pamphlet on domestic abuse and decided his research was done. We don’t see a shred of familial affection between these two women until the scene where they make amends in a crowded restaurant just before an invisible hand picks up a knife and slashes the Emily’s throat. Stil, in this movie, the plot point is not earned. Friends and family members disbelieve abuse survivors and act in horrendous ways. In real life, this is an all-too-common occurrence. Emily fully believes that Celia has written the email, and immediately shuts her out. She also acts as Celia’s lawyer during the reading of the will, but we don’t even learn that Emily is Cecilia’s sister until the Invisible Man sends Emily a hurtful email supposedly written by Celia. The script has no more life in it than the paper it was printed on.Ĭelia’s sister, Emily, is the one who picks her up after escaping from her lover’s house. In fact, there are no standout performances to speak of in this movie–and the actors are not to blame. She’s great in a supporting role and fine when given great material to work with, but in my view, she isn’t a compelling enough actor to elevate mediocre writing. Elisabeth Moss turns in an adequate performance. It doesn’t tell a new story, nor does it tell an old story in a new way. There’s nothing special about it stylistically, either. There’s nothing special about this movie, story-wise. It turns out Lawyer Bro was in on it, and after his death, Cecilia ends up getting her revenge by killing her ex and making it look like a suicide. Cecilia ends up being framed for her sister Emily’s murder and gets thrown in jail where The Invisible Man kills several cops to prevent her from escaping and proving her innocence. She tries to tell James and her ‘deceased’ ex’s attorney brother, Tom (Michael Dorman) about being stalked, but of course no one believes her. He begins following her for your standard psychological thriller torture routine. He was apparently a tech mogul who had developed an invisibility suit using state-of-the-art optic technology. In this movie, the Invisible Man is Cecilia’s ex, Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen,) who has faked his death.
She finds sanctuary in the home of her childhood friend, James, a cop played by Aldis Hodge and his daughter, Sydney (Storm Reid.) Cee gets news that her ex-husband has died of an apparent suicide and has left her a large sum of money– That’s when things get dangerous for her. It starts out very promising: Cecilia (Elisabeth Moss) is escaping the home of her abusive lover. I am not hesitating with the spoilers because nothing surprising happens in this movie. First off, there will be spoilers in this review.
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