The Invisible Man Review: 8 Ups & 2 Downs

5. The Massively Timely Themes

Many critics have already labelled The Invisible Man a "#MeToo horror film," which might ultimately be a pretty reductive way to describe a movie that certainly has its finger on the pulse of the current zeitgeist.

In a time where women are feeling more empowered than ever to come forward and shame their abusers, and our collective society is encouraged to believe these accusations, it's quite ingenious that this take on The Invisible Man is steeped heavily in the scars of domestic abuse.

Understandably, few of Cecilia's friends or family believe that she's being stalked by an invisible person, which serves as a not-so-subtle allegory for the skepticism that many abused women are met with in real life.

Of course it's in no way a direct or tidy parallel, but it's nevertheless a clever way to make the well-trod tale of The Invisible Man feel current and thoroughly of-the-moment.

Yet at the same time, the themes are massaged into the film's overall fabric well enough that it doesn't feel like Whannell is battering the viewer over the head with a patronising message.