The darkly funny Australian charmer "Griff the Invisible" introduces its titular hero to us as nighttime caped crusader first, mild-mannered daytime office drone second. But writer-director Leon Ford also peels back third and fourth layers to star Ryan Kwanten's lonely vigilante — it seems there's more constricting him than his tight black suit — and that speaks to something more psychologically worrying about the secret existence Griff has created for himself.
When he meets cute, in-her-own-world weirdo Melody (Maeve Dermody) — who tests molecular-movement theory by walking into walls on the off chance she can pass through them — the movie seems destined for the usual misfit love story. Yet there's critical wit behind the appealingly eccentric romance on display in "Griff the Invisible" as it comically dismantles our superhero-worshiping culture.
