Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Absolutely the worst movie.

The acting in this movie is really good.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

A scientist (a sadly aged John Barrymore) invents a machine that can turn people invisible. He experiments on a young woman (Virginia Bruce) and it works. However the effect wears off after a while. Then some buffoonish gangsters get involved and the movie becomes unbearable.Squarely aimed at kids and full of violent unfunny slapstick. The cast (which also includes John Howard and Margaret Hamilton) are good but the material isn't there for them. The special effects are good but sparsely used (the film is only 70 minutes). The biggest problem in this film is seeing the great John Barrymore looking terrible in what was one of his last film roles. The role is clearly beneath him but he gives it his all. Still this is an unfunny and violent comedy that is forgettabke. Skip it.

Kindly ignore the scathing comments of some of the professional critics. Collectively, the reviewers herein have provided a much more balanced assessment of this fun film: a refreshing comedic take on a subject otherwise treated seriously, except for the later "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man". Seems rich playboy Richard Russell(John Howard) has been supporting old Professor Gibbs' dubious efforts at inventing. But Russell is suddenly informed by his accountant that he is broke, hence can no longer support Gibbs' research. However, Gibbs says he's on the verge of a revolutionary invention that makes people invisible, and is reversible. Gibbs puts an advertisement in the paper for a volunteer guinea pig. The first to respond is a charming model, Kitty(Virginia Bruce), who has recently been fired by her excessively strict boss, Mr. Growley(Charles Lane), who lives up to his name. Kitty would like to become invisible to help her teach Mr. Growley a lesson. Probably the funniest part of the film is where Kitty, in her invisible guise, descends on Mr. Growley, creating havoc in his office and the outside showroom area. Much reminds me of "9 to 5". Fortunately, in response, Mr. Growley institutes a more lenient attitude toward his girls, and gives Kitty back her job, not knowing she was the angry spirit.When gangster Blackie learns of this wondrous invention, he sends 3 goons(Shemp Howard, Edward Brophy, and Donald McBride) to steal it and bring it back to his Mexico hideout. He wants to become invisible, so he can return to the US. The goons enter Gibbs' lab when he's not there,and stuff his complicated electronic equipment in their car. But when they try it out in Mexico, they can't get it to work. So, Blackie orders that they kidnap Gibbs so he can show them how it works(They're missing the liquid potion part of the formula). They take visible Kitty, as well("We're not going for a drive, we're being taken for a ride" she quips). When they get to the Mexican hideout, it's visible Kitty who manages to become invisible, and knocks the gangsters unconscious. She then proceeds to firm up her flirtation with Russell, who feels he has a gold mine in this invention.I haven't mentioned Russell's butler, George(Charles Ruggles), who has a significant role in dealing with Kitty's invisibility in Russell's mansion or fishing lodge. Among other things, she picks up a cat, which George interprets as a flying cat, and throws it to George.Currently available at YouTube, although that copy has a number of pauses in the first half. Just back up a little and run it again.

The Invisible Woman (1940) is in the family or series of The Invisible Man films. The other films in the series are horror-dramas that are sprinkled with comedy whereas The Invisible Woman is designed to be a light-hearted comedy, it works good in the genre of comedy-horror.Here we have a comical "mad scientist", Professor Gibbs, who creates an invisibility machine, runs an ad to find someone to help him test it on humans and a woman, Kitty Carroll, answers his ad. Prof. Gibbs will soon find out why Kitty wants to become invisible: to get revenge on her mean boss. Trouble brews when the invisibility machine is stolen by crooks. Can they get the machine back? Invisible Woman is a cute film. It's worth watching if you enjoy comedies in general, comedy-horror and/or The Invisible Man films. 7.5/10

The Invisible Woman (1940) *** (out of 4)Beautiful model Kitty Carroll (Virginia Bruce) answers an ad in a newspaper asking for a volunteer to become invisible. She's tired of being abused by her boss and would love the chance to stick it to him so she goes to Professor Gibbs (John Barrymore) and sure enough gets turned invisible.This was the first "invisible" film that Universal made since their 1933 masterpiece THE INVISIBLE MAN and I give them credit for trying something different. This really isn't a horror movie but instead it's a very fast and fun comedy that manages to have a terrific cast doing wonderful work and the special effects are also extremely good and especially when you consider they were made 75 years ago. The screenplay certainly doesn't try to do anything ground-breaking but it just goes for some nice jokes and gets them.THE INVISIBLE WOMAN's greatest strength is that it contains a terrific and perfectly charming cast. Bruce is simply delightful in her role and she shows an incredible talent by being able to charm it up even when she's not on screen. As with the 1933 film, the personality of the actor has to come through the voice since the majority of the time we can't see them and Bruce just keeps a smile on your face throughout. Barrymore turns in his final great performance as the nutty scientist and the comic timing the great actor brings is priceless. John Howard, Charles Ruggles and Margaret Hamilton are all very good too and we get a nice performance by Charles Lang and a role by Shemp Howard.As I said, the special effects are quite good for the period and the screenplay perfectly keeps the jokes flowing at a very good pace. A. Edward Sutherland does a very good job handling the material and he just brings a perfect mix of charm and laughs. THE INVISIBLE WOMAN isn't quite as good as the 1933 film but there's no question that it's the second best of the series.