Too many fans seem to be blown away

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I thought this was a nice, enjoyable family movie. My kids liked it and I did too. Mona Gray is a 'weirdo-bizzaro' kind of person who seems to find it difficult getting on in life. In fact, her life seems to be lost in translation since her father suffered a nervous breakdown. She does have issues but getting to know other 'weird' people seems to show her a different aspect of life. The film moves along nicely and I think Jessica Alba does a good job with the Mona Gray character. Like Mona says, " there comes a time in your life when you realize you are the person in charge. You are the adult" This a film about growing up and facing up to life's responsibilities, challenging those demons that make you feel worthless. Definitely worth a watch.

"An Invisible Sign" finds Jessica Alba being stabbed in the leg by an axe and shedding buckets of tears, all to convince you that she's a "serious actress". The film is mostly terrible, but it's middle act is pleasantly cute, Alba wears a nice coat throughout and the film has a concept – a frigid, socially distant woman struggles to connect with others - that would make a good drama in another director's hands.The film was directed b Marilyn Agrelo, who peppers "An Invisible Sign" with alpha-numerical metaphysical musings which never quite work. Her point: accept fate where necessary, don't view the world through the prism of signs, and try to find the right balance between "living for yourself and your problems" and "living for others and their problems". Bending too hard in either direction lead to neuroses.Alba spends the film overacting, playing her character much too introverted, much too bottled up (it's not all her fault), a charade which reveals its superficiality when the film ends and she finds herself sucking her lover's tongue like a seasoned babe. Hyper-cute, the actress never convinces as a dweeby maths wizard.6.9/10 - Worth one viewing.

I suffer from OCD and often find myself counting telephone poles as I drive, cracks in the walk way, tiles on the floor. This film portrays the inner workings of such a mind that literally had me with my mouth open at times because of how much I could identify. The story is powerful, with layers of themes, and the child actors are excellent, not to mention a hefty substantive performance from Jessica Alba. If you are a cinephile that is jaded with Hollywood's current offerings, this is definitely a thought provoking film that will leave you with a smile and some bewildered expressions on your face, unless of course, you are like me.

"There comes a moment when you look around waiting for the person in charge to help you and then you realize your the person in charge." After her father suffers a breakdown, Mona (Alba) becomes obsessed with math. Using it has an escape she becomes distant from reality until her mother kicks her out. After taking a job teaching math to elementary school kids she learns to grow up and help others. This movie started off very funny and entertaining then really started to drag. The ending was OK, very predictable though. The middle of the movie seemed to repeat itself and drag on and on and on. For those who like off beat quirky humor this is a movie for you. I would compare the humor to "500 Days Of Summer", but not as funny. This did have some very touching moments in it, but overall this movie had the potential to be very good, but it never got what it needed. Overall, a good movie that could have been better. It was just missing something. I give it a C+.Would I watch again? - I don't think I will.*Also try - 500 Days Of Summer & Music Never Stopped