An Invisible Sign

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An Invisible Sign

PG-13

2011

1h 36m

Drama

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Mona uses math to overcome her personal problems and teaches her students the same tricks.

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

05/12/2011

2/5

Agrelo clumsily attempts to play jaunty larkiness against somber situations.

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Joe Neumaier

New York Daily News

05/07/2011

1/5

Alba certainly tries her best at portraying not just a beauty but also a beautiful mind, yet very few things add up despite director Marilyn Agrelo's efforts.

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Andrew Schenker

Slant Magazine

05/06/2011

0.5/4

The film is a puzzling mix of sentiment, black humor, and loads and loads of nonsensical behavior.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

07/26/2013

1.5/4

...a plodding, consistently tedious waste of time...

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

06/23/2011

C-

Agrelo bumbles the mystery and borderline insanity of the material. What should be a bold depiction of a frazzled mind is instead a bewildering feature with a tenuous hold on human concerns.

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Brent Simon

Screen International

05/10/2011

1.5/5

A soupy, entirely unconvincing grab bag of unmotivated behaviors and unearned emotional payoffs, An Invisible Sign feels like part of some woebegone, misguided stab at indie credibility and image adjustment for Jessica Alba.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown 11/07/2023

Alba is a quirky math girl that gets roped into teaching a math class with some troubled kids. When an axe lands in her leg in the classroom, she loses her job and the truth about her reliance on numbers comes out. So much quirk that it loses sensibility.

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02/19/2021

This movie should've had a sequel and had much better ratings. Such an good movie and the cast has really good chemistry. I honestly don't know why this movie received not great reviews. I think I would've liked to see more scenes exploring the relationship blooming between the two teachers but other than that, 10/10 loved it. Forever in my top 10 movies.

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02/16/2020

A hidden issue brought to the screen with sensitivity. Jessica Alba gave a most compelling performance.

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01/01/2020

Stupid people. Who don't know anything about movies. That's just what I want to say. O, and I will never visit Rotten Tomatoes again.

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09/25/2019

Literally terrible.

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06/21/2019

Watched this film and I actually think i need bleach for my eye's. Disgusting and unironicly rotten

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Synopsis

Mona uses math to overcome her personal problems and teaches her students the same tricks.

Director: Marilyn Agrelo
Producer: Jana Edelbaum, Michael Ellis, Pamela Falk, Lynette Howell Taylor
Screenwriter: Pamela Falk, Michael Ellis
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Silverwood Films, iDeal Partners Film Fund
Rating: PG-13 (Some Disturbing Images|Mature Thematic Material)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 6, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2017
Runtime: 1h 36m