I watched this on DVD. It was one of those disks where I kept having to adjust the volume. The next thing I noticed were the pretty European locations. The story develops slowly, so slowly that it struggles to maintain the viewers attention. It's feels like navigating through a fog, unsure of the destination. There's a lot of self reflection and a few flashbacks which only serve to confuse the plot. It's difficult to tell if Phoebe is going insane, or just taking drugs like her sister had. I also find Christopher Eccleston's acting too severe for comfort. He can swing from cool and reflective to ranting maniac in a single sentence which is great when he's playing a crime boss, but not so good here playing Wolf. Summarising, the movie has an eclectic mix of ideas which don't lead to a satisfying conclusion. It's not terrible but it certainly requires patience.

I don't know who keeps giving hippies money to make movies, but I wish they'd stop.

It is the late 1960's and the world is changing - revolution is in the air and freespirited hippy Faith O'Connor (Cameron Diaz) wants to experience life to the full. She leaves her comfortable middle class home and embarks on a reckless voyage of discovery that will take her to Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris and finally Portugal. And that is the last time that her family hears from her. Now 6 years later, Faith's younger sister, Phoebe, (Jordana Brewster) decides to follow in her footsteps - retracing each dramatic episode in her life to try and put the puzzle of her disappearance together. But what she uncovers will rock her very existence - who was the sister she thought she knew?...What trouble was she really involved in? And what really happened on that lonely Portuguese cliff? also stars Christopher Eccleston, Blythe Danner, Patrick Bergin, Camilla Belle, Moritz Bleibtreu, Isabelle Pasco and Nikola Obermann. directed by Adam Brooks.

I watched this because it has an odd title and Cameron Diaz in it. Story seemed a light and some scene was totally pointless in regard to her sister's fatal fate. Average.

1. The book was better. 2. I haven't seen a great performer acting SO HARD against Cameron Diaz's awfulness since "Gangs Of New York." (Jordana Brewster is pretty terrible too, though at least she is beautiful.)

One of the worst movies I have ever seen. Brewster's exposure is not even enough to justify the movie ticket on this one.

This movie was interesting and a drama in the truest sense of the word. Performances by the cast were crisp and tender.

Pavadinimas liet. kalba: Urburtas ratas. Kaip ir nieko, bet tikėjausi, kad bus labiau kokių vingių...

interesting cast, interesting story. . .

A brilliantly made and acted movie about both finding and dealing with ones demons. Jordana Brewsters performance as the younger sister of faith (who committed suicide) was absolutely astounding and Christopher Eccleston's performance as Faith's boyfriend was spot on with his mixture of quiet thoughtfulness and mournful suffering. Not too sure about his long wig in the flashbacks though. Other than that I was quietly impressed with the strength of this movie and will definately watch it again.

The storyline was pretty interesting, although I still fail to imagine how a girl can fall for her deaad sister's ex-boyfriend. Awesome performance from Jordana Brewster.

one of the many reasons why i love indie movies. very character driven piece about the search of one's identity and what drives someone to do tragic things.

I enjoyed the female characters in this film. I had a feeling about the ending in the beginning (makes sense?), and the film unravels the story slowly through Phoebe's experiences. Interesting but left me kind of empty. Didn't like the culmination of the relationship between Phoebe and Wolf.

** (out of four) Cameron Diaz stars a carefree spirit who spends the summer of 1969 travelling through Europe with her boyfriend. Next thing, her family is notified that her body was found. Seven years later her younger sister travels to Europe to search for the truth. The film never takes off as the plot meanders through a bunch of different episodic situations with uninteresting characters.

I felt her passion. It was very ... She looked her sister's memory in that man. Its very cruel....Missing many things.

Strange movie this one. Didn't really go any where. No big effort for Cameron Diaz.

One sympathises with the girl trying to find out what happened to her big sister, but much of the story doesn't ring true. The scene where she goes mad doesn't lead anywhere. Plus one star for having Cameron Diaz.

Colorless adaptation, directing (narrative) & acting.

When Phoebe turns 18, she travels to Europe to find out what really happened to her older sister, Faith, who went over there in the 60s and died. I found The Invisible Circus to be somewhat entertaining. It had a decent story and managed to keep my attention. But, with the cast of Cameron Diaz, Blythe Danner, Jordana Brewster, and Christopher Eccleston I was expecting a little bit more than that. Jordana Brewster did look great in this movie. Back before she became a sickly skinny stick figure. Her and Christopher Eccleston had really good on screen chemistry in this one. Cameron Diaz and Camilla Belle, who played younger Phoebe, really had good onscreen chemistry as well. You really believed that they were sisters who genuinely loved one another. I wish you would have seen more of the amazing Blythe Danner on screen, but I can understand why it was written the way it was. I think I would like to read this book, I am sure it's a lot more detailed than the film. I think this film would have been a lot better had it not felt so rushed to fit everything in.

not a terrible movie but def not the best thing ever. Cameron Diaz was the best part about it.