Review of Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) by Joe A — 26 Apr 2011
Not sure why John Carpenter signed on to this lame Chevy Chase sci-fi/comedy but, it ranks as one of his worst flicks and joins the pile of Chase's underwhelming film ouvre. Problem is, the film can't decide wheather to be a drama or comedy and, either way, Chase is miscast as the role appears to be a lot more serious then he can handle.
The film noir-ish narration Chase provides also falls flat. The usually top notch Sam Neil makes a ho hum villain and Darryl Hannah is underused as Chase's love interest. The invisible man cliche's fly fast and furious and modern (at the time) digital FX don't really make them any more interesting or amusing.
Carpenter's direction seems to indicate a lack of any real interest in the material with only the shot framing being any indication he worked on the project at all. And even Shirley Walker's music score is unremarkable and forgettable.
Ironic that a film dealing with invisiblity has nothing worth seeing it for.
This review of Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) was written by Joe A on 26 Apr 2011.
Memoirs of an Invisible Man has generally received mixed reviews.
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