History YMMV / TheInvisibleMan2020

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

* HarsherInHindsight: Armie Hammer was the original choice to play the title role before dropping out and would later be accused of physical and emotional abuse of his partners, even being dropped by his agency when such reports came out, similar to Adrian's behavior.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Prior movies in the Dark Universe were criticized for trying to cash in on the MCU. ''The Invisible Man'' rectifies this not only by being a standalone horror movie first, but also by updating the source material in an appropriate manner.

* ParanoiaFuel: The film never lets you forget the Invisible Man could be anywhere, with the camera often focusing on empty space to the side of a scene’s main action. According to WordOfGod, ''[[TeasingCreator most]]'' of the times when that happens, the Invisible Man is in fact there.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[InvisibleJerkass Adrian Griffin]] is the [[DomesticAbuse abusive boyfriend]] to heroine Cecelia Kass, seeking to [[ControlFreak control even her thoughts]] and subjecting her to horrible physical, mental and emotional abuse. [[FakingTheDead Faking his death]] with the aid of his brother Tom, Adrian stalks, [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslights]] and torments Cecelia, eventually murdering her sister Emily and framing her for it, while intending to force her to return to him with their unborn child, having sabotaged her birth control to get her pregnant. Adrian brutally beats and kills multiple guards at the hospital when exposed and orders the death of Cecilia's teenage friend Sydney as punishment, setting up his own brother to be killed to take the fall for his crimes and attempting to sway Cecelia back to him with protestations of victimhood.]]
* DracoInLeatherPants: There's a disconcerting fringe section of fans who try to frame Adrian as innocent and insist Cecelia is either over exaggerating or was the real abuser or which try to blame Tom for all that happens, buying into Adrian's manipulation unquestioningly.

** The ending also counts: after he refuses to admit to everything, [[spoiler:Cecilia dons the invisible suit and forces Adrian to slit his own throat and bleed to death, in a way that appears to be suicide on the security camera. It was very richly deserved.]]

* CatharsisFactor: When [[spoiler: Cecilia fakes a suicide attempt and damages the suit, ''finally'' getting her on somewhat even ground with the Invisible Man]]. Shortly after, a guard [[spoiler: sees Adrian in his damaged suit and immediately tries to fight him off.]] It's small, but it feels like a win with [[spoiler: Adrian getting away with everything else up to this point.]]

* WinTheCrowd:
** Reviews have been extremely positive, with particular praise being directed towards the scares, the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything allegorical story]] and Creator/ElisabethMoss as Cecilia.
--->'''Website/RottenTomatoes Critics' Consensus:''' Smart, well-acted, and above all scary, ''The Invisible Man'' proves that sometimes, the classic source material for a fresh reboot can be hiding in plain sight.
** When the first trailer debuted, many were angry that it appeared to spoil the entire movie. Happily, many have now confirmed that the trailer was misleading and there were many twists left unspoiled. Jason Blum even admitted he was pushing for more to be revealed and is very happy the director wouldn’t let him.
** After two [[Film/DraculaUntold failed]] [[Film/TheMummy2017 attempts]] to start the Film/DarkUniverse, this film (which was initially going to be part of said universe) does such a good job as a standalone that some people are saying it could very well work as a new start to the franchise, if the other films could properly follow its lead as horror films first and foremost.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Everything Adrian does while invisible, which is impressive considering the budget was ''seven'' million dollars.

** [[spoiler: Was Adrian forced to claim Tom held him prisoner as a cover after Cecilia killed him? Or was this sociopath planning from the start for his brother to take the fall for his actions as part of his twisted plan?]]