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The Invasion (2007)

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Reviews Counted:154

Fresh:30

Rotten:124

Average Rating:4.3/10

Consensus: The Invasion is slickly made, but it lacks psychological insight and thrills.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for violence, disturbing images and terror.

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

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... 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. [More]

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

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Roger Rees, Jeffrey Wright, Susan Floyd, John M. Jackson, Josef Sommer, Robert Stanton, Celia Weston, Jeff Wincott

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Screenwriter: Dave Kajganich
Producer: Joel Silver
Composer: John Ottman
Studio: Warner Bros.

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The 1978 version was funny (Donald Sutherland's jokes, Jeff Goldblum's Jeff Goldblum-ness), spooky and unpredictable, with likable characters. This one is just as clinical as a pod person.

Full Review Source: Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) | comment Comment
08/20/07
Gina Carbone
Gina Carbone
Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine)

Nicole plays with her kid like someone who wonders where the nanny went with the housekeeper and how soon the b**ches will be back.

Full Review Source: MovieJuice! | comment Comment
08/20/07
Mark Ramsey
Mark Ramsey
MovieJuice!

A tightly paced, involving movie that underscores the timeless appeal of Finney's tale.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
08/19/07
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

This hodgepodge of thoughtful and action-filled filmmaking qualifies as a minor success. Whether this is due to or in spite of studio meddling, we may never know.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
08/19/07
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Oddly detouring into Oedipal territory, Kidman's meds dispensing DC doubting shrink instructs her son how to kill dad, and also shoot mommy up with speed to keep her focused.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
08/19/07
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

Can someone explain to me exactly how a horror flick about a scourge that's making humanity more civilized is supposed to be scary? Not exactly edge of your seat excitement.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
08/19/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

In trying to graft on the traditional popcorn thrills in something apparently conceived as a more cerebral look at the concept's societal ramifications, the film winds up not doing either concern much justice.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
08/19/07
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Labeling it a mess would be to understate the case; a more apt description would be that it's chaotic to the point of being anarchic.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
08/18/07
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Cinematical

Speaking of Carol and Ben ---- absolutely no chemistry! Call me silly ---- but for the life of me, I can't see what all the fuss is about concerning Daniel Craig.

Full Review Source: Kaplan vs. Kaplan | comment Comment
08/18/07
Jeanne Kaplan
Jeanne Kaplan
Kaplan vs. Kaplan

This movie borrows liberally from so many different films, it's almost laughable.

Full Review Source: Kaplan vs. Kaplan | comment Comment
08/18/07
David Kaplan
David Kaplan
Kaplan vs. Kaplan

The Invasion's conceit is so laidback that it actually takes a while to realize the world is going to Hell.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
08/18/07
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
PopMatters

The bigger problem with this film is that it simply isn't very scary.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
08/18/07
Peter T. Chattaway
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today
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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
08/18/07
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

To its credit, The Invasion surprisingly feels cohesive, despite all the different influences.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
08/18/07
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

While it doesn't completely succeed at anything it tries to do, it succeeds sufficiently at most of them to be enjoyable.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
08/17/07
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

Its grim overtones eventually give way to pandering bits of crowd pleasing that clash badly with the overall mood.

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
08/17/07
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

Opting for car chases instead of the thought-provoking ideas of its predecessors, the film looks like the work of, if not pod people, folks who gave up any kind of passion for the material long before the cameras started to roll.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
08/17/07
Keith Phipps
Keith Phipps
AV Club

The Invasion is a wretched mess from start to finish, and it taints the reputations of every single person who not only appears in it, but also goes to see it.

Full Review Source: CHUD | comment Comment
08/17/07
Devin Faraci
Devin Faraci
CHUD

The latest and lamest version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers might have been an accidental camp classic if its politics weren’t so abhorrent and the movie didn’t try to hide its ineptitude behind a veil of pomposity.

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08/17/07
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig save themselves -- but the movie's another matter.

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
08/17/07
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
MTV
 
 
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