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From the title I was expecting some sort of crisis-of-the-week TV drama concerning child molestation or neglect, but INVISIBLE CHILD was nothing of the sort! Remarkably original, sophisticated production concerned with how people create their own private fantasies & how those fantasies sometimes come in conflict with the external world, rather like *HOUSEKEEPING*. My only complaint is that, unlike HOUSEKEEPING, the style is not idiosyncratic & moody enough to complement the content, but other than that, a fine movie!

Once in a while, comes a movie that can really be appreciated just for the story. This movie is definitely one among the category. I started to watch on a lousy Monday afternoon, when i had nothing better to do & on a channel i just discovered existed!!!! But, yeah it reminds me of beautiful mind, except that it stops with hallucinations & does not deal into schizophrenia. Being a psychology student, i have to say that its been well handled, with special mention to Rita Wilson's acting. She's made gr8 efforts to bring out the hallucinations & the normal person in her. Well..... she is normal, in the movie. Overall, a good movie with a great insight into the relationships among family members & how they always try & support each other, esp. in times of crisis. And yeah, its always not possible for family members to keep intervening in the other member's crisis or depression. Sometimes, there has to be a third person or sometimes, like in the movie, its just time that heals....

First off, watch the trailer on-line somewhere, and you'll get a pretty good idea of the badness therin.

Now, the sinister edge implied in the trailer isn't there ("Driven to the edge of insanity..."), instead there's a lot of absurd God talk and touchy-feely understanding. But that's what one expects from these dark suburban Lifetime- style movies.

That said, there is no beating the scene where the have a showdown with the evil Child Protection Services woman (as they all are, you know). She questions one of the other kids about her mom's craziness: "When somebody has a fantasy that nobody else does, that's a very dangerous thing." The precocious child's reply: "Oh, like Martin Luter King. He had a dream that no one else had." Ha! Take that!

The movie's ending is not touching as it is meant to be, but rather an even more insane cure for the problem - though not in any wild knife-wielding way. It that were the case the movie would be amazing instead of just absurdly amusing.

Rita Wilson is just...just...hideous in all ways. She is just a small piece of the larger puzzle that works to make The Invisible Child a masterpiece for those who love jaw-dropping crap-tastic television.

It surprises me that so many people have such negative reactions to this movie. It isn't the usual Lifetime story with dramatic betrayals and heartbreak. It is not a documentary about mental illness. But it is a sweet almost-fantasy about love and loss and families and the the difficulty of balancing being supportive and being an enabler. Rita Wilson has dignity and grace as the delusional mother of three children, one of whom happens not to exist except in her imagination. It is not too far removed from what families do all the time on a smaller scale. Jimmy Stewart saw a big rabbit-ish pooka, for goodness' sakes.

I just don't know exactly what to say about this film except that I didn't enjoy it half as much as my invisible friend Dave did. We sat together this Saturday on our invisible couch eating our invisible popcorn(which by the way, is really low in fat and cholesterol) and watched one of the stupidest movies I have ever seen in my life. You know a movie is bad when the best performance comes from the invisible child herself. Watch this if you just want a good laugh at these poor actors expense. And to think that Rita Wilson is married to two time Oscar winner Tom Hanks.(Then again, he also spent a whole movie talking to a volley ball!) Could he not have given her some advice? I have some, Read The Script Next Time Before You Sign The Contract!!!!

From the title I thought that this movie would be some drivel about latch key children or what not. I was surprised by what I saw. The plot was original, extremely original considering that this is a Lifetime network movie.

Basically the invisible child is the middle child in a family. The mother created her, and spends as much time caring for her as for either of the other children. The treatment of Maggie, the imaginary child, is not shallow. Maggie has strong character traits and a personality. She is a dynamic character and is truly a member of the family.

Problems exist within the family because of Maggie. The nanny is understandably bothered by Maggie. The youngest child was born after Maggie, and he believes that she is real.

This movie is worth seeing. It is an interesting concept.

We caught this TV-movie quite by accident, and not having any prior knowledge of it, and really enjoyed it. Very creative and original story. And the performances, especially that of Jane Edith Wilson as Mrs. Woods, were very good. Wilson was right on target. A real breakthrough for this newcomer. We can't wait to see her in her next outing.

It's a LIFETIME MOVIE!!!! So please - who would take it serious? Don't expect a masterpiece from lifetime! It's like the tabloid magazine of literature.

After saying that - for someone who loves Lifetime movies - this is paramount! Invisible Child is truly my all-time favorite Lifetime movie! I dare them to top this one.

I first watched this in 1999 and missed the title - had no idea what the movie was about. Nanny sleeps with husband? no. Nanny kidnaps children? No. Mom kills nanny in jealous rage? no. What? What? Mom pretends to have a middle child? Yes middle child! She already has one daughter then pretends to have Maggie, but still pulls off a third real child. This means not only is the father going along with her crazy hallucinations – he's still having sex and willing to pass along her crazy genes to another kid! Holy crap! Wait – could there be a sequel in the future? Can Sam (the youngest) grow up to have an invisible family of his own?

Wow! It's a great movie… IF you're into lifetime.

This is the worst TV movie I've seen EVER! The constant repetition of the sound track, the needless camera pans of `Maggie', the awful casting, and ludicrous plot made it unbearable to watch. If you ever come across this movie in a TV guide, avoid it at all costs, better yet, do something totally unrelated to watching movies.

(0 of 5 stars)

I actually thought this was a very interesting movie. It delves into some sort of mental crisis on the part of the Mother. It really isn't explained in detail because she didn't lose a child or anything like that but she imagined one she didn't have. I felt it was done quite well. Mental illness can be unpredictable because often it can only affect one part of one's life. Other than imagining another child she seemed to carry on well with every other aspect of her family life. No one understands mental illness and given the bureaucracy these days, I can see why a family might be afraid of their Mother being put in an institution. It played out and when she didn't need that "inivisible child" she let it go. I thought it was acted quite well and it was an unique movie I have watched more than once.

This movie centers around a nanny. in the beginning of the film, the nanny gets a job living and working with a family. the family seems to be very average with a working dad, stat-at-home mom, and two kids. The nanny soon realizes that they are not what they seem. the mother apparently believes that she has three kids and not just two. the third, invisible, child is named Maggie. At first the nanny is a little disturbed by this and doesn't quite know what to make of it. the father decides to try and explain everything to her. the tells her about the day the mother first started talking about their "baby", and that he just wanted to go along with it in order to please his wife. the kids also participate in perpetuating this. they eat maggie's food, dirty her clothes, and even have fake fights with her. eventually the child protective services get word of this and decide to investigate. the father tells the oldest child to lie to the investigators, and so does the nanny. the child protective services believe them and decided to leave the family alone. at the end maggie gets very ill and passes away. the mother and the rest of the family are very sad, as if a real person has died.

Okay, the problem i have with this movie is, are we supposed to be on their side? I think we're are suppposed to think that this sick fantasy is sweet or moving but, the mother clearly has serious mental problems and suffers from hallucinations. the kids are suffering because they are forced to go along with this sick charade throughout the film. during the scenes where they are being investigated, i kept hoping for them to see past their lies and realize how sick the mother is and give her help. the ending felt very empty and unfulfilling. the very last scene shows the mother go up to the father and whisper in his ear,"Thank You". it was almost like she was saying that she knew maggie wasn't real and really appreciated everyone going along with it. although, it cause so much trouble. the kids were almost taken away into foster care, and the dad was forced into faking an ulcer, and the nanny almost loses her job. i think this movie would have been better if the mother got serious help at the end of the film. out of 10, i give this movie a 2.

This movie supports the individualist ,not the mass medias' attempt to dictate. It also departs from the overdriven theme of man being the cause of all bad ,and women are the only family oriented being. This story treats a family as a whole. The story does reference religion ,which is something I overlook ,but it isn't fanatical. There isn't any SEX ,VIOLENCE ,TREACHERY ,POLITICS ,nor EYE SNAPPING GRAPHICS. This is a fine movie ,and all of the cast are excellent. From the previous reviews on this website ,about this movie ,it makes me wonder just what kind of people write reviews. And whether I am standing in a pile.

Thank you.

I've watched thousands of movies.

Okay, here is a Lifetime movie at its CHEESIEST! This was such a terrible concept - I can't believe that someone would write such a script.

That out of the way... okay Rita Wilson, I love ya to death. But, your husband Tom Hanks is winning Oscars and you are making movies about invisible kids?!?! Thank the Greek Gods you happened upon Nia Vardalos & her Big Fat Greek Wedding!

This movie wasn't worth the 1.5 hours I spent watching it...actually, it was on in the background while I was cleaning the house. (Not all of us are lucky to have a nanny. ;) Then again, I didn't see Gillian doing any of cleaning?!

If Lifetime had an award for worst script, this would win...! Please, don't waste your time...unless you have some housecleaning to do.

First off, it should be noted that this is NOT A LIVE DOCUMENTARY! It appears that it is a story about a woman who was venturing into madness, but then recovers. Why did she recover? Possibly because she began to realize the pain she was causing her family; and possibly because an outsider (the nanny) had entered the picture and somehow this triggered Mrs. Beeman towards reality. One really does not know why or how she recovered, but she does.

The plot involves a family of four, an imaginary child, and a nanny. The story focuses on the heartbreak of mental illness. A woman (The wife and mother of the movie) believes she has three children, when in reality, she only has two. Her husband, two children, and eventually a nanny, pretend along with her. The make-believe child is called "Maggie." Mrs. Beeman (the wife and mother of this story) has a gentle and kind personality so this may be the reason why others in the family simply go along with her and act as though it is true concerning a third child.

Everyone one of the actors and and actresses gives a heartfelt performance, especially Rita Wilson (the woman with the illness) and "Doc."

If one is looking for a tender and heartfelt movie with a good ending, they may want to try watching this movie. It will bring out the compassionate side of some who feel the pain of others, and best of all, it has a good ending.

I must admit that "Invisible Child" is a weird movie. It's about a family in LA, they live in a beautiful house and are very happy. Except for the mother,Annie Beeman (Rita Wilson) because she has imagined a third child, Maggie, who is five years old at the beginning of the movie. The father, Tim Beeman (Victor Garber) supports her, along with the others two kids, ten year old Rebecca ( nicknamed Doc ), who does know her sister isn't real and four year old Sam who doesn't know that. Anyhow, they hire a nanny, she's English and she is very confused when she learns what's going on in this household. This nanny (Tushka Bergen) tries to solve the problems the Beemans have been facing for so long, but is a long road to go...

As I already said: some parts are weird because you can't figure out who's faking and who's not, but please remember: this is an AMERICAN movie -- they usually have a happy ending. My advice to you is to tape this movie if you get the chance!

8/10

Mind-boggling! What were they thinking?? "The Invisible Child" is even WORSE than it sounds! I can't believe I watched the whole thing. I *thought* that Victor Garber was a pretty good actor--but in my mind, he will always be "tainted" for having appeared in "The Invisible Child." I feel sorry for Rita Wilson, and if I never again see the child star who played the non-invisible daughter, it'll be too soon. This is not even in the "so-bad-it's-funny" category. Watch it, if you must--but you'll be sorry you did. This is one of the dopiest scripts to ever reach the (small) screen. The Lifetime channel shows a lot of junk, but "The Invisible Child" really takes the cake.

This movie is ridiculous. The adult characters are unrealistic and selfish. Someone in need of this much mental help would have to had given themselves away at some point. Where are the other relatives? Where are the neighbors? It took five years for someone to step in? I don't think so. Any husband who would let his wife remain untreated for this serious of a mental disability is selfish and should be locked up himself. This film was a complete waste of my time as well as the filmmaker's. Shame on Lifetime for making such garbage. My rating? A big fat 0.

I can't believe IMDB even bothered to list this!!! I saw this awhile back on Lifetime and it stands as one of the worst/best things I have ever witnessed in my life. Rita Wilson plays a demented mother who imagines she has another daughter in one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, unintentionally so naturally. TOTALLY INSANE. I've told friends about it and they don't believe me. Now I have proof with this IMDB listing! I have to track this thing down and throw my own Mystery Science Theatre party....

Yup, it's as bad as bad can be. I agree that sometimes you need to suspend disbelief and just enjoy - I love disaster movies, for example, and hardly ever quibble about the ludicrous plots and nonsense science. But this is not bad enough to be fun. It's rubbish.

I have to specify that this comment may contain spoilers, but in this case, any comment on this piece of dreck couldn't possibly spoil anyone's viewing of this film any more than viewing the film itself.

Here we have the premise that co-dependent, enabling husbands and delusional, schizophrenic wives make good parents to children. In fact, these particular people are just so good and kind and loving and perfect that a little thing like a psychiatric disorder, much less full-blown insanity, can't possibly affect their children (with the exception of the invisible one, who gets killed off and buried in the backyard. This is, after all, a Lifetime movie).

The entire premise of the film seems to suggest that enabling a delusion is heart-warming and uplifting. I see it as the next sensational murder case on Courttv.

Poor plot, writing, premise. Some acting was okay but could not save this vehicle from crashing and burning. I've seen a LOT of movies, and this was even worse than Elevator Girls in Bondage!

GAG, Cough, sputter . . . AAAACK

I saw this movie on a Sunday afternoon. When it was over, I couldn't believe there was a movie this dumb out there. At least the kid in Sixth Sense knew he was seeing dead people, and he was being helped by a psychiatrist. The story behind this film is about a woman who sees a little girl that doesn't exist, and the husband isn't helping her.

The movie, more or less, ends the way it begins. The invisible child dies (according to the only person who sees her), and they bury her in the backyard. Notice, that the movie doesn't show them burying her in a coffin, and they are not at a cemetery.

This could have been a comedy, but it wasn't.

What a weird movie!!! as i was watching it i couldn't believe they would keep it going. It reminded me of a literary style called Magic Realism very recognized among latin American writers (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel awarded for "Cien años de soledad" highly recommended) in which the characters take part in the most unbelievable stories which are exposed to the readers as a part of their every day life but never falling in a fantastic fairy tale. The fantastic elements are not the central part of the story, actually they are secondary enough that the reader just learns how to get along with them, adding an interesting aspect, but at the same time those elements define the whole nature of the story. Just because the writer of the script committed to the story, the originality, the lack of moral message at the end, the profile of the actors, and the fact that it was an American TV film worth watching it.

I watched 'Invisible Child' last night. I kept watching it thinking there was going to be a Twilight Zoney or Hitchcocky ending. But oh brother!! What a stupid, badly written pointless movie. I could see if maybe it was a 'true' story which it wasn't.

And the writer apparently got wasted as he wrote the last few pages because it was Oh just take my word for it. It STUNK!!

Although the movie itself is fairly decent, the message behind "Invisible Child" is profoundly defective.

While it attempts to garner sympathy for the mentally ill, this movie actually degrades them. For the writers to imply that psychosis is on par with cultural myths like Santa Claus is not only inane but insensitive.

The movie further degrades the mentally ill by suggesting that psychosis has benefits. The family convinced themselves that enabling the mother's illness strengthen them as a whole. But that idea in itself is a fantasy, fortifying my belief that the father and children were not only enablers of the illness, but victims of it as well.

Despite the family's proclaimed love for the mother, I felt that their reasons for evading psychiatric aid were selfish. If the issue at hand were truly the mother's wellbeing, the family would've sought help immediately. But since they did not, I suspect that their personal desires were the real motives in not seeking help.

Overall, this movie was presented sufficiently. But its message of "family before self" in regards to mental illness is highly insensitive to those who are sick but fight to get better, not worse.