"Herzog, a man of detail became enraptured with his subject and was unable to use his editing shears." -- Moira Sullivan, MOVIE MAGAZINE INTERNATIONAL   "The predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch, so stilted and unconvincing are the performances." -- Jean Oppenheimer, NEW TIMES   "Not the best Herzog perhaps, but unmistakably Herzog." -- Philip Martin, ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE   "A compelling allegory about the last days of Germany's democratic Weimar Republic." -- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE   "Sounding like Arnold Schwarzenegger, with a physique to match, [Ahola] has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that doesn't produce any real transformation." -- Susan Green, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE   "...the naivete of his performance has a humbling effect on a film that, while entirely too long and short on sizzling imagery, is meant to be taken simply as folkloric." -- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE   "A film which presses familiar Herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction, when really what we demand of the director is to be mesmerised." -- Richard Falcon, SIGHT AND SOUND   "Invincible is a wonderful movie." -- Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, L.A. WEEKLY   "The connected stories of Breitbart and Hanussen are actually fascinating, but the filmmaking in Invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice." -- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES   "I was perplexed to watch it unfold with an astonishing lack of passion or uniqueness." -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER

Hot Pick   "Real-life strongman Ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders." -- Neil Smith, BBCI FILMS

Cream of the Crop FRESH 65% Avg. Rating: 6.2/10   "It's an unusual, thoughtful bio-drama with a rich subject and some fantastic moments and scenes." -- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE   "It's difficult for a longtime admirer of his work to not be swept up in Invincible and overlook its drawbacks." -- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES   "A tremendous piece of work." -- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER   "Invincible works, simply but provocatively, as a parable about the oppressed and the oppressors, victimhood and fanaticism." -- Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER   "It's depressing to see how far Herzog has fallen." -- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST   "Feels less like a change in [Herzog's] personal policy than a half-hearted fluke." -- Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE   "Though few will argue that it ranks with the best of Herzog's works, Invincible shows he's back in form, with an astoundingly rich film." -- John Monaghan, DETROIT FREE PRESS   "More of a career curio than a major work." -- Liam Lacey, GLOBE AND MAIL   "After one gets the feeling that the typical Hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here, it's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of Zishe and the fiery presence of Hanussen." -- David Hunter, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER   "Remarkably accessible and affecting." -- Peter Howell, TORONTO STAR ( More... )

  "For all of the meaty muscles you see in this tale of a Jewish blacksmith turned world's strongest man, Invincible can't shoulder what it promises."
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