Invincible

Zishe is a Jew living in Poland and working with his family as a blacksmith. When a fight breaks out in a local restaurant, Zishe uses his impressive strength to fend off his attackers but finds himself facing a bill... Full review

Invincible: ****When first watching this film, my initial reaction was that it just seemed awkward. (the acting/dialog) After a short period of time I began to realize that everything just fits right. The main character is naive and awkward because... Full review

I saw Werner Herzog's would-be comeback movie in it's English-language version, although it actually appears to have been shot in English as per most of the bigger budget European films. The film found little favor either with critics or at... Full review

This is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. I loved the way the characters were chosen, everyone gave the best and the director knew how to let us feel what he wanted to express. I liked... Full review

Invincible (Werner Herzog). Set in the years before WWII, a simpleton cum Jewish Pole strong man, was recruited by a German mystic cum showman, who's intent on dressing him up into Aryan legends, to perform legendary feats of strength on... Full review

The great Werner Herzog uses grandly designed set pieces to deliver a foreboding period piece about the nature of facism in pre-WW2 Berlin. The focus of the story revolves around the opposing philosophies of the sinister, renowned clairvoyant Hanussen, and... Full review

'Invincible' is an unbelievably powerful film. After an eleven year absence from feature films Invincible proves that Werner Herzog is the greatest living film-maker. Although far from being his best film ('The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser' and 'Aguirre the Wrath... Full review

Werner Herzog has always been one of my favorite filmmakers and it was hard to keep up with him when I joined the military so this was the first film of his I have seen in a theater since "Fitzcarraldo".... Full review

I just saw this touching movie at the Stockholm Film Festival, and I have to say Herzog is still as poignant, charming and direct in his storytelling as ever. Not afraid to cast people who just have pure feelings, no... Full review

If the name of the director, Werner Herzog, frightens you into believing that Invincible is a 'difficult' movie, I am happy to inform you of the direct opposite: It is direct, easily digested and tells a straight story based on... Full review

Invincible starts out very well: the first half hour or so sets up an interesting array of characters and a situation that's ripe for development. But trying to capture too much in one film isn't the only problem ... Full Review

asily the most traditional film of Werner Herzog's career, Invincible is drunk on irony and Jewish folklore....With the exception of some minor edge enhancement, New Line Home Entertainment has done an excellent job preserving the vibrant colors of Herzog's Invincible .....the naivete of his performance has a humbling effect on a film....lacks the existential wallop of the director's masterful man-versus-earth collisions..... ... Full Review

As he has often done in the past, Werner Herzog aimed for realism in his casting for Invincible; Jouko Ahola, who plays the Polish strongman, is actually a champion weightlifter from Poland, while Anna Gourari is known to music aficionados as a gifted concert pianist. ... Full Review

I wanted to see a good movie made from this. I don't know what made the veteran filmmaker take such an idiotic approach. Zishe Breitbart (Jouko Ahola) is a simple Polish blacksmith blessed with extraordinary strength. ... Full Review

which is what makes the outset of Invincible especially awkward While Invincible is somewhat softer in tone than the films that built Herzog's reputation, it still manages to distinguish itself with a number of the director's trademarks. ... Full Review

asily the most traditional film of Werner Herzog's career, Invincible is drunk on irony and Jewish folklore but lacks the existential wallop of the director's masterful man-versus-earth collisions. ... Full Article

Werner Herzog is a director who in the past has drawn sympathy to a number of diverse characters from German history and legend with his dreamlike films. ... Full Article

Directed by Werner Herzog, starring Tim Roth, Jouko Ahola, Anna Gourari, Jacob Wein, Max Raabe, Gustav Peter Woehler and Udo Kier. 'Invincible' marks the feature film return of legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog after his foray exclusively into documentary in... ... Full Article

On paper, this is an ideal project for the German auteur Werner Herzog to launch his comeback to narrative feature filmmaking.In reality, theres little here to make viewers celebrate the end of his decade-long creative hiatus. ... Full Article