The Invisible Circus (R)
Okay for older teens, but nothing special.
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- Studio: Fine Line Features
- Directed By: Adam Brooks
- Cast: Cameron Diaz, Jordana Brewster
- Running Time: 94 minutes
- Release Date: 12/02/2001
- Video/DVD Release Date: 12/02/2001
- Genre: Drama
- MPAA Rating: R
- MPAA Explanation: sexuality, language, and drug content
Parents need to know
Families can talk about the political and social issues associated with the 1960s.
Message
Social Behavior:
Few characters of color appear.
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Drug and cigarette use. The main character takes LSD.
Violence
A terrorist act goes awry and kills a man. A girl throws herself off a cliff. We see Faith contend with the fatal consequences of her political act. Phoebe drops acid and becomes disoriented.
Sex
A glimpse of a topless woman. When teenaged Phoebe has sex with Wolf, we see her bare breasts.
Language
Consistent with the "R" rating: moderate to extreme profanity.
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Ellen MacKay
Is it any good?
Because the film has two disconnected narratives--Faith's story, told in flashbacks, and Phoebe's story from six years later---it lacks the drive that would make up for its plot weaknesses. Just when one plot gets going, it's interrupted to make time for the other.
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