The script hits rough patches, especially when Phoebe and Wolf get it on, but the sisters cut to the heart.
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Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Diaz is quite believable in the part, and gets solid support from Brewster, who is even more appealing as the adoring, wounded and somewhat vacuous younger sister.
50
SlateDavid Edelstein
SlateDavid Edelstein
The film is overnarrated and in spots overwritten, but Brooks, who's primarily a screenwriter, does well with actors, and he has coaxed an extraordinary performance out of the young Jordana Brewster.
50
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
This joyless coming-of-age travelogue is such a downer that not even breathtaking locales can provide a lift.
40
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Something there is about the '60s that undoes the most intelligent of filmmakers.
40
Film.comErnest Hardy
Film.comErnest Hardy
It's not bad; it's just completely inconsequential.
40
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The revelations of The Invisible Circus don't justify the quest.
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
When flashbacks tease us with bits of information, it has to be done well, or we feel toyed with. Here the mystery is solved by stomping in thick-soled narrative boots through the squishy marsh of contrivance.