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A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Always beware of films whose top-billed actor only appears for half the movie. Doubtlessly you've seen the posters splaying Tim Roth's name on top; you've seen the DVD cover showing Tim Roth exclusively; you've seen the previews that lead you to believe T.R. is the man. Well, let's clear this up right now... It's a 2-hour movie, and the top-billed actor is in less than 50 mins of it.The rest of the film features what appear to be extras forced into leading roles. And their contrived performances and contrived lines are made all the more mediocre when contrasted against Roth's powerful, Mephistophelian presence. Still, he manages to carry the entire troupe (much like the story of the Jewish hero who supposedly carries the entire weight of his powerless flock), but without him the movie crumbles.So if you must watch this film, start at the 30min mark, and shut it off at around 1hr 20min or whenever Tim makes his last scene. In the scenes in between when he leaves the screen you can get up and fix yourself a sammich.Now let's get on Herzog's case for a minute. The man infuriates me, because his early career brought us masterpieces like "Fitzcarraldo" and "Aguirre" (one of my top 13 films of all time) but after Klaus Kinski left the picture, Herzog's efforts have been one dud after another, slowly sinking into a morass of incoherent ramblings. It becomes very apparent that Herzog is nothing without his "better half"--an electrifying lead actor such as Kinski or, as I had hoped, Roth.But instead, Herzog attempts to fly on his own and fails. He evidently does not know how to mold actors as a director should, otherwise we would not have been subjected to such amateur performances as we see here. I don't believe these people were bad actors; they just had no direction. And the inane lines they were saying--! I don't know if it's the language barrier or what, but Herzog should really stick to German scripts.I could get into finer criticisms about uneven camera-work (such as Herzog's rare indulgence in using cranes, dollies and zooms which contrast abruptly with his trademark hand-held shots), or i could expose some terribly sappy plot twists (like a sudden, awkward romance that culminates in a bizarre orchestra appearing out of nowhere), or I could really lay into Herzog for ostensibly trying to tell a tale of Jewish heroism whilst portraying "common Jews" to be impotent, apathetic sheep (unless that was his intent? I'm not sure), but for one reason or another I found half of this movie to be almost unbearably lame.If you're a fan of Herzog-Kinski, then make no mistake... The magic is gone.

This movie is closest in tone to Roberto Benini's "Life is Beautiful" It is a fairy tale set in the time of Nazi Germany. Just as Benini's movie gave us a fairy tale of a Jewish man turning a concentration camp into a child's game, this movie has a Jewish super-hero directly challenging the Nazi's concept of a German Master Race.Actually it takes place just prior to the Nazi's real take-over of Germany. This gives us a chance to see the transition from sunlight to to the Nazi Night. In this aspect and in its portrayal of the entertainment world of the German elite, it also evokes "Cabaret".There's great acting here by Tim Roth and Jouko Ahola. They start off as stereotypes, but manage to add depth without ever humanizing the characters. They add dimensions without abandoning their original characters.I think anybody who loved "Cabaret" and "Life is Beautiful" will enjoy this movie. For those who want a bit less Romanticism and more realism in their 1930's Germany movies, there's "Schindler's List," by Steven Spielberg, "Diary of Ann Frank," by George Stevens and "Rossenstrasse" by Margarethe von Trotta.

I would number Werner Herzog in my favourite five directors. I love all he has done... till now. What was he thinking?!?! I had given up voicing my opinion here, but I've got to get this off my chest. I was looking so forward to this film. It has no pacing! It has atrocious acting! The script rings false, with some jaw droppingly bad dialogue! The dramatic arc is non-existent. Oh, Werner has directed many a masterpiece, and has nothing further to prove his place in the cinema stratosphere... but I got to call a spade a spade here. This is his first misstep in my opinion (that is said having seen virtually all his work leading up to Inincible, importantly, I haven't seen Scream Of Stone).

A film broadcast at 2am on channel 4 and starring Tim Roth ! I remember the last movie broadcast on channel 4 with Tim Roth in the credits which was THE WAR ZONE , one of the few movies I've regretted watching due to the depressing content and since INVINCIBLE centres around the birth of Nazism I wasn't expecting too many uplifting moments but I certainly recommend Werner Herzog's strange and interesting drama based on a true story !!!! SPOILERS !!!! In a Polish town the circus arrives and blacksmith's son Zishe Brietbart beats the strongman in a competition and impressed with Zishe's physical strength a theater agent signs him up where he performs at Berlin's Cabaret Of The Occult which is owned by Danish nobleman Hanussen . Since it's 1932 the Nazis are on the rise so Hanussen reinvents Zishe as " Siegfried " and shows his predominantly Nazi audience the physical strength of this Ayran . Hanussen shows this as proof of Ayran superiority while at the same time impressing his audience with his own occult powers . However despite his own naked opportunist agenda Hanussen has a secret of his own that he doesn't want known to his audience ...Some people may claim how ridiculously ironic it is having a Jew pretending to be an Ayran strongman in order to put forward a racist agenda but this I feel is the whole point of the story which one has a feeling has been turned into a fable rather than a story that has stuck to rigid facts . Certainly the most bitter irony about the rise of Nazism is that one of the architects of Nazi philosophy Alfred Rosenberg had a Jewish name while Hitler , Heydrich and Eichmann were of Jewish descent themselves ( Though technically not Jews - According to tradition if your mother wasn't a Jew neither are you ) so people with an irony deficency will have a problem understanding this beautiful and intelligent film And I don't apologise for thinking this is a beautiful and intelligent film , it might not have the reputation of Herzog's other films like the painfully overrated FITZCARRALDO but it's one I can certainly recommend for a mainstream audience . However there is one serious flaw that stands out and that is the casting of Jouko Ahola as Zishe . You do get the gut instinct that Herzog wanted to cast a certain Austrian body builder turned politician in the lead role and it's impossible to watch Ahola without being reminded of Big Arnie except Ahola is an even more wooden actor and his lack of thespian skills is made even more obvious when he's playing opposite Tim Roth is one of his most impressive roles which slightly damages the movie