The Vanishing
Story about Jeff - a young man desperately searching for his girlfriend who disappeared at a gas station unnoticed. One day, her kidnapper shows up at Jeff's house, promising to tell him what really happened, but only when Jeff follows his order...
4 February 1952, Glens Falls, New York, USA
28 July 1950, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
25 April 1930, Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
21 September 1961, New York City, New York, USA
15 March 1957, Greeneville, Tennessee, USA
21 December 1966, Paddington, London, England, UK
24 August 1953, Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
June 14, 2009
Sluizer's Hollywood remake of his own brilliant Spooloos is a lobotomised version of its chillier, more cerebral precursor.
February 05, 2005
Sutherland is the key to the proceedings and his intense, narrow-minded, obsessive search for his ex-girlfriend is what kept me going most of the way.
January 01, 2000
[Screenwriter Todd Graff] duplicates many of the original scenes (particularly the significant gas station ones), but does so mechanically. He jettisons most of the subtleties that made the first film so memorable.
November 26, 2003
Truly creepy, but not as good as the original.
January 01, 2000
The first movie was existential in its merciless unfolding. This one turns into a slasher movie with a cheap joke at the end.
January 26, 2006
Misjudged, compromised Hollywood remake.
January 01, 2000
Too much of what is good about the original The Vanishing has been eviscerated. If you want quality, see the Dutch version; this one is a pale imitation.
January 01, 2000
A case study in how Hollywood can make a complete mess out of what was previously a marvelous film.
April 29, 2008
...a thoroughly involving thriller that boasts a number of genuinely tense sequences...
August 12, 2007
Schematic and unconvincing.
May 17, 2004
The original was horrifying.
