![]() Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, and Michael Dorman appear in supporting roles.ĭevelopment on a contemporary film adaptation of the novel began in 2006, but was halted in 2011. It stars Elisabeth Moss as a woman who believes she is being stalked and gaslit by her putatively deceased ex-boyfriend ( Oliver Jackson-Cohen) after he acquires the ability to become invisible. Wells' novel of the same name, a reboot of the 1933 film of the same name and the eighth installment in The Invisible Man franchise. Steak may seem like an innocuous choice for dinner, but as with other moments in the movie, it's really a subtle clue to the movie's conclusion that sets Cecilia free.The Invisible Man is a 2020 science fiction horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell. Cecilia uses the steak knife he gave her for her meal and puts it in his own hand to make it seem like a suicide on the security cameras. But unbeknownst to Adrian, she secretly slips into the extra invisibility suit she'd stashed in their closet, and returns to the dining room to slit his throat. When he doesn't, Cecilia begins to cry and asks to use the bathroom. Without hesitation, Cecilia selects the steak and tries to get Adrian to admit that it was really him - not Tom - who was tormenting her the whole time. When she arrives, a nervous Adrian explains that he didn't know what she wanted to eat, so he ordered sushi, pasta, and steak. She decides to meet him to "reconcile" over dinner at the home they formerly shared. Unwilling to lose their child, Adrian grabs her wrist, allowing Cecilia to stab him multiple times with the pen and cause his suit to malfunction, eventually leading to them both fleeing the facility.Ĭecilia (Elisabeth Moss) meets with Adrian (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) at the end of the film to reconcile.Īfter escaping from the psychiatric facility, saving James and Sydney, and shooting someone in an invisibility suit who she assumes is Adrian, Cecilia discovers to her horror that she didn't actually kill her abusive ex - just his brother, who'd apparently been using the suit, too.īut despite James' pleas for her to accept Tom as the perpetrator and move on, Cecilia is determined to confront Adrian about his abuse and murders. However, once Tom leaves, Cecilia decides instead to lure Adrian out of hiding by slitting her wrists with the pen back in her cell. Tom explains that he and Adrian both know Cecilia is pregnant, and that all she has to do is give him a call and he'll make all of her problems "go away." As Tom bends over to get them, she steals another one of the gold pens from his briefcase. After announcing that she can no longer be the recipient of Adrian's trust because she committed a crime, Tom gives Cecilia a document to sign renouncing her share of the trust, along with the same gold pen.īut Cecilia, desperate to escape and get back at Adrian, pushes the papers off the table in disgust. ![]() While it might seem like an innocuous moment, it's later echoed by Tom's visit to Cecilia while she's imprisoned for Emily's murder. Harriet Dyer (left) plays Emily, Cecilia sister in "The Invisible Man."Īfter hashing out the details of Adrian's trust, Tom slides a document - along with a gold-plated fountain pen - over to Cecilia to sign. ![]() ![]() "You are physically near him," Tom remarks to their surprise, before pointing out the urn of Adrian's "ashes" right behind where they're sitting.Ĭecilia breathes a sigh of relief, but given that Adrian wasn't actually dead, Tom's comment about his nearness has more truth than they realize - and is a pretty obvious clue to the later events of the film. Emily abruptly shuts him down, along with his insinuations that Cecilia is a gold-digger, by remarking that if they had to be "physically near" Adrian, they wouldn't be there at all. While it's pretty clear to viewers early on that Adrian's death was faked, Cecilia has no reason to believe otherwise until later in the film, when she finally gets a glimpse of Adrian in his invisibility suit thanks to some well-thrown paint.īut before that, she's just trying to move on, which is why Tom's thinly-veiled comment about Adrian's proximity to her is so disturbing.Īs Cecilia and her sister, Emily, sit in Tom's office to discuss her inheritance of Adrian's estate, Tom tries to read a letter to Cecilia from Adrian. It often indicates a user profile.Įlisabeth Moss plays Cecilia Kass in "The Invisible Man." Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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