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The Invasion

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The Invasion (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 146 Fresh: 28  Rotten:118 Average Rating: 4.4/10
 
Consensus: Slickly made, but it lacks psychological insight and thrills. The Invasion is slickly made, but it lacks psychological insight and thrills. more
 
Rated: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Theatrical Release: 12-10-2007
Synopsis:
Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman ("The Hours") and Daniel Craig ("Casino Royale") star in the science fiction action thriller "The Invasion," a nightmarish journey into a world where the only way to stay alive is to stay awake. The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the... [More]
Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman ("The Hours") and Daniel Craig ("Casino Royale") star in the science fiction action thriller "The Invasion," a nightmarish journey into a world where the only way to stay alive is to stay awake. The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the terrifying discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage. Those who come in contact with it are changing in ominous and inexplicable ways. Soon Washington, DC psychiatrist Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) and her friend, Dr. Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig), learn the shocking truth about the growing extraterrestrial epidemic: it attacks its victims while they sleep, leaving them physically unchanged but strangely unfeeling and inhuman. As the infection spreads, more and more people are altered and it becomes impossible to know who can be trusted. Now Carol's only hope is to stay awake long enough to find her young son, who may hold the key to stopping the devastating invasion. "The Invasion" also stars Jeremy Northam ("The Tudors," "Gosford Park") and Jeffrey Wright ("Casino Royale," "Angels in America"). The film is directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel ("Downfall") from a screenplay by David Kajganich, based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. Joel Silver (the "Matrix" trilogy) produced the film, with Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Susan Downey, Steve Richards, Ronald G. Smith and Bruce Berman executive producing. The behind-the-scenes creative team was lead by director of photography Rainer Klausmann, production designer Jack Fisk, editors Joel Negron and Hans Funck, costume designer Jacqueline West and composer John Ottman. "The Invasion" is a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, of a Silver Pictures Production, in association with Vertigo Entertainment. "The Invasion" has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "violence, disturbing images and terror." --© Warner Bros. [Less]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Roger Rees

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Screenwriter: Dave Kajganich
Producer: Joel Silver
Composer: John Ottman

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Jun 5, 2008

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Watchable but unnecessary.

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10/18/07 03:15 AM
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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Having established an effectively creepy mood in the first half, the film eventually degenerates into a muddled mess, with Nicole and Daniel Craig dodging zombies while popping amphetamines in a desperate effort to stay awake. We know how they feel.

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10/16/07 03:15 AM
Paul Arendt
BBC
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Hirschbiegel's troubled remake has several good scenes and is by no means a disaster but it's ultimately disappointing thanks to poor editing and clumsy writing.

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10/13/07 05:33 AM
Matthew Turner
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THERE is only one reason why a film company won’t show their big new release to the critics – because they fear it will get panned.

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10/12/07 04:48 AM
Sun Online
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Novelist Jack Finney's body snatchers have appeared in some fine movies, but the only disturbing-looking thing here is what they've done to Nicole Kidman's lips.

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10/12/07 04:31 AM
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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Like the three movies before it, the only way our heroes can survive is by staying awake. Odds on you won’t.

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10/12/07 03:42 AM
Daily Mirror [UK]
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Kidman gives her most personality-free performance as a psychiatrist whose estranged husband (Jeremy Northam) starts behaving suspiciously by becoming a better father to his son (Jackson Bond). How spooky is that? The answer is: not even slightly.

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10/12/07 02:44 AM
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]
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A strong, proven premise, drained of almost all feeling and personality. Hirschbiegel’s Hollywood debut sporadically grips – but like Kidman and Craig’s characters, you’ll most likely end up battling to stay awake.

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10/10/07 09:30 AM
Tom Charity
Total Film
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If not a train-wreck, this is certainly more than a fender-bender. In a world overflowing with targets for a satirical pasting, we needed something a lot sharper than this.

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10/10/07 08:48 AM
Simon Braund
Empire Magazine
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This has to be the lamest alien invasion movie since the killer tomatoes attacked.

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04/19/08 08:38 AM
Brian Holcomb
Beyond Hollywood
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The incredibly erratic structure - undoubtedly a result of the notorious reshoots - ultimately dulls the impact of the movie's overtly effective attributes...

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04/10/08 04:39 PM
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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Treat yourself to the Donald Sutherland version, plus, his perm is more frightening than anything that happens in Invasion.

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03/03/08 02:48 PM
Jeff Bayer
Daily Herald (IL)
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02/08/08 03:15 AM
JoBlo
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The Invasion saps all the spirit out of what once was a classic alien saga.

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01/30/08 02:46 PM
Christian Toto
Washington Times
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The Invasion moves in too many conventional directions, its unwillingness to take chances proving its ultimate downfall.

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01/17/08 12:21 PM
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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Reflete a impassividade de seus vilões, já que desenvolve sua narrativa potencialmente tensa de maneira insossa e pouco envolvente.

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01/16/08 01:45 PM
Pablo Villaca
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01/15/08 03:15 AM
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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The film as a whole is a failure, but additionally, it's also a mess of unedited or badly edited scenes.

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11/08/07 03:15 AM
Janos Gereben
Entertainment Insiders
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Depressing proof of how Hollywood movies have just grown worse since the 1970's . . .

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11/05/07 05:13 AM
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page
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The Invasion is filled with lapses in logic. Most sense probably was cut during the many re-edits, but there is evidence Dave Kajganich's script had little sense to begin with.

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11/01/07 11:02 AM
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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