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4.0 out of 5 stars
Us or THEM?, December 26, 2006
This review is from: Invisible Child (DVD)
This is a wonderful film that is much underated. It's a bit soapy at places but it speaks of a major undertow in our current society.
In the film, an otherwise wonderful and loving mother, belives that she has a third child in her family that really doesn't exist. She divides her time between what she belives are her three children. This is all well and good and the family is well adjusted because the whole family, including her husband, love her and allow her this delision.
But then, due to the innocent motives of the family's nanny who visits with the government agency of Child Protection, the government steps in and decides that the children need to be taken away from this delisional mother.
I won't give away the ending. It's very clever. However, I wish to point out that, at least in my opinion, there is a thinly masked social meaning to this film. What is most important? The family unit that is loving and funtional or the government's defination of what a "good" family is? Granted, this family is living with a delisional mother, but doing just fine - thank you. But that's not good enough for the government. They charge the father with "child abuse." A very damaging charge the seems to be more and more easily handed out in our current times.
If you care about families or have one of your own, you will love this adventure despite just a very few moments of "soapinest." It's worth it.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
disturbing, but well done, July 30, 2008
This review is from: Invisible Child (DVD)
I disagree with the writers who bashed Ms. Wilson. As a former psychiatric nurse specialist, I have seen numerous people with delusions more bizarre than the one depicted, and a good number of the families do everything they can to avoid institutionalization of the loved one. Rita Wilson's performance is haunting, yet endearing. Victor Garber, is, as always, superb. Mae Whitman is phenomenal, she is a very bright and believable actress. All in all, an incredible story. And, as for the death, at the end, delusional people often have an innate sense that the things they believe are true, are somehow not "quite" real, and will often develope a "way out," without realizing that they are.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful close knit family with an abundance of love, October 24, 2011
This review is from: Invisible Child (DVD)
In this movie I had seen: A husband packed with emotion and love not to institutionalize his
wife and I felt she knew this would have happen if 'Maggie' situation did not turn around.
But, with the acceptance of having 'Maggie' in the household as a daughter did not hurt any-
thing. But, this family seem to be 'Christian' as God and Heaven as well as Angels were not
'afraid' to be said or felt in this movie ----which is a wonderful feeling and comfort to know
this. I consider this movie very good and well acted with no hesitation at all. Yes, at first
I was concerned, but as the movie went into the story I felt happy about the entire situation be-
cause I am sure this actually does happen. So, please understand the movie and do not be quick to
criticize.
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