jennifer egan novel be bring to the screen by canadian director adam brook in a film that and base on some comment from contributor to this forum and sound a bad proposition and but in fact and it much well than one be lead to believe . this be a story about two sister who love one another dearly . faith and the fair head and happy go lucky hippie girl and take her young sibling and phoebe and under her wing . phoebe plainly love faith while when the old one decide to follow her boyfriend wolf to europe on a summer vacation from berkley and she promise she will send phoebe a post card every day . faith do that and until the card stop come in and one night and some time later and the family receive a phone call to inform them faith have die under tragic circumstance . phoebe can not forget faith . that be why after some year pass by and she decide to take the same route the old sister take . she take the card from faith and visit each place and start in amsterdam and then move on to paris and she want to end up the trip in portugal and where faith encounter her untimely death . in paris and phoebe hook up with wolf and who by now and be not a hippie anymore and be live with his girlfriend . wolf and try to persuade phoebe into abandon her trip and to go back home while she suspect that wolf hold the key into solve the mystery and and a she be go to depart for portugal she make a discovery when she find a picture that clearly contradict wolf version he have tell phoebe . he feel guilty and and against his girlfriend wish and decides to accompany phoebe to the town where faith die . the story change at this point and we go back in flashback to what faith experience in europe and what happen in her final day . the best thing in the invisible circus be the performance of the principal and something that mr. brook have to take the credit for . the big surprise be the range of cameron diaz and who and a faith and seem to select light comedy part and when she be quite able to do good dramatic work under the right director . jordana brewster be see a the old phoebe and make a wonderful contribution to the film . she be a stunning beauty with what seem to be a naturalness for act . christopher eccleston be wolf and show he also be capable of do more serious drama . the sweet camilla belle play the young phoebe quite convincingly . blythe danner appear a the mother of the girl . the european location be gloriously photograph by henry braham . the film be also enhance by the musical score of nick laird clowes and petra haden original song . elizabeth kling edit with great elegance . ultimately and this film show adam brook in great form a he give the right tone to the adaptation of the novel and get reward by have the right cast do wonder for him .