The Invisible Man Returns
Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 12, 1940 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

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70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Story and script are workmanlike efforts, with Joe May’s direction holding a steady and suspenseful pace with few dull moments. Read full review
60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
The whodunit element is less gripping than the original's study in soaring megalomania, but Price's urbanely mellifluous voice makes him an admirable successor to Claude Rains, and John P Fulton's special effects are well up to par. Read full review
50
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Though the film has its bright moments, and some weird ones, too, the first freshness is gone. Even the effects seem repetitive.
40
The New York TimesFrank S. Nugent
The Invisible Man Returns is a mite on the ghostly side, too, although neither so horrendous nor so humorous as the first one was. Read full review
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