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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleEven at her most nihilistic, Cameron Diaz is about as menacing as a boozy college cheerleader.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyIt's a shameless don't-hate-me-because-I'm-beautiful-and-impulsive performance (Diaz), and it throws the entire movie out of balance.
- 60Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThe script hits rough patches, especially when Phoebe and Wolf get it on, but the sisters cut to the heart.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldDiaz is quite believable in the part, and gets solid support from Brewster, who is even more appealing as the adoring, wounded and somewhat vacuous younger sister.
- 50SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinThe film is overnarrated and in spots overwritten, but Brooks, who's primarily a screenwriter, does well with actors, and he has coaxed an extraordinary performance out of the young Jordana Brewster.
- 50USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaThis joyless coming-of-age travelogue is such a downer that not even breathtaking locales can provide a lift.
- 40L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorSomething there is about the '60s that undoes the most intelligent of filmmakers.
- 40Film.comErnest HardyFilm.comErnest HardyIt's not bad; it's just completely inconsequential.
- 40Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThe revelations of The Invisible Circus don't justify the quest.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhen flashbacks tease us with bits of information, it has to be done well, or we feel toyed with. Here the mystery is solved by stomping in thick-soled narrative boots through the squishy marsh of contrivance.