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The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

Horror · Science Fiction · 1933

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

Movie details

The Invisible Man

“H.G. Wells’ fantastic, out-of-this-world show!”

1933 Horror · Science Fiction 1h 11m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.6 / 10

42.5K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

95 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

87 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.5 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Invisible Man?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

James Whale

Written by

R.C. Sherriff

Claude Rains

Claude Rains

Dr. Jack Griffin

Gloria Stuart

Gloria Stuart

Flora Cranley

William Harrigan

William Harrigan

Dr. Arthur Kemp

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

Dr. Cranley

Una O'Connor

Una O'Connor

Jenny Hall

F

Forrester Harvey

Herbert Hall

Holmes Herbert

Holmes Herbert

Chief of Police

Court is in session

Put The Invisible Man on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.