Product Details

• Actors: Rita Wilson, Victor Garber, Tushka Bergen, Mae Whitman, David Dorfman
• Directors: Joan Micklin Silver
• Writers: David Field, Ronald Bass
• Producers: Ann Weston, Gideon Amir, Jay Weston, Lisa Donovan, Marcy Gross
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Starlight Video
• DVD Release Date: February 18, 2003
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000087F68
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,784 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Annie (Rita Wilson) is the perfect wife and loving mother of two children, who believes she has a third child named Maggie… only Maggie does not exist! Her husband Tom (Victor Garber), hires Gillian (Tushka Bergen) to become their nanny. The whole family has played along with Annie’s delusion for years, hoping it would pass. Gillian is asked to do the same. Months later, Gillian decides to try and help Annie and does some research on her own. Unintentionally, she alerts authorities who launch an investigation. Will she be responsible for having Annie institutionalized, and taken from her family... a family that Gillian has grown to love? Drama. 93 Minutes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Only a Man with a Heart of Stone..., March 5, 2004

By	Ron N. Butler (Powder Springs, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My wife and I watched this, and laughed helplessly for the last fifteen minutes. The basic premise is so goofy, the actors so solemn, the whole approach so politically correct that it reminded me of Oscar Wilde's comment on the death of Dickens' "Little Nell": "Only a man with a heart of stone could read it without laughing."

The "funeral" scene in particular left us in stitches. I only regret that the wife didn't look up into her husband's eyes and say, "I'm pregnant. And I think this one will be invisible, too."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Rididulous but Hilarious, November 18, 2006

By	Tiffany King "Tiffany K." (portland, or) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you're bored and in need of a hearty laugh by all means, watch Invisible Child where a mother of two creates a third child (Maggie) for some obscure reason. The movie is devoted to watching this nutcase interact with thin air with the aid of her other daughter and husband. With no set up or backstory, you're immediately thrust into this family who has been dealing with mom's issue for about five years already. This movie is totally illogical and I suppose would be touching if it wasn't so absurd. There are SO many entertaining parts of this movie however. Anytime that the mother is out in public with her "child" is a riot. I don't know what would possess anyone to be a part of this film. I had to give it two stars just because it's so hilarious.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Us or THEM?, December 26, 2006

By	Richard E. Potter "Gud Movie Hobbiest" (Orange, CA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.