An Invisible Sign
Fantastic Four star Jessica Alba headlines director Marilyn Agrelo's feature-film adaptation of author Aimee Bender's popular novel An Invisible Sign of My Own. The story centers on Mona Gray, a young girl who turned to mathematics as a means of dealing with a devastating family illness. Years later, Mona teaches the subject, and does her best to help her students contend with their own personal crises. An Invisible Sign of My Own was adapted for the screen by Wedding Planner scribes Michael Ellis and Pamela Falk.
Director: Marilyn Agrelo
Starring: Jessica Alba, Chris Messina, J.K. Simmons,John Shea, Bailee Madison
Alba gives such a focused, interior portrayal that she just might have managed to carry the movie had it been better.
A tone of fanciful absurdity is maintained throughout.
A good cast equipped with cute names is forced to muddle through terminal whimsy in this less-than-magical adaptation of Aimee Bender's adult fairy tale, sluggishly directed by Marilyn Agrelo, who more successfully helmed the delightful documentary "Mad Hot Ballroom."
Jessica Alba gets plain-Jane crazy for An Invisible Sign, a syrupy "A Beautiful Mind" redux in which the starlet sports big brown bangs and Pippi Longstocking pigtails.
Cuter than a basket of puppies licking a litter of kittens, An Invisible Sign is an excruciatingly whimsical collision of adult themes and kid-friendly aesthetic.
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten and Under
Young Artist Awards (2011)
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