The Vanishing

Name: The Vanishing
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: February 5, 1993
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Garrett Bennett, George Hearn, Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Lisa Eichhorn

1993

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Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: February 5, 1993 | R

Starring: Garrett Bennett, George Hearn, Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Lisa Eichhorn, Lynn Hamilton, Maggie Linderman, Nancy Travis, Park Overall, Sandra Bullock

Summary: The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.

Director: George Sluizer

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 109 min

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Joe Pollack

As the climactic scenes approach, the audience must find a way through a number of large plot holes and suspend disbelief, but The Vanishing remains a strong, entertaining movie. [05 Feb 1993, p.3G]

Kenneth Turan

Psychological thrillers are only as effective as their villains, and The Vanishing serves up one hell of a specimen. Read full review

Janet Maslin

The new film is twice as busy as its quiet predecessor, and perhaps half as interesting (which still places it several notches above run-of-the-mill studio fare). Read full review

Jeff Shannon

Even on its own merits this new Vanishing is a washout, a classic case of Hollywood studio compromise, in which almost everything that made the original effectively chilling has been tampered with and cheapened. [05 Feb 1993, p.03]

Desson Thomson

Screenwriter Todd Graff makes an inept, quasi-formulaic rehash of everything. He duplicates many of the original scenes but does so mechanically. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

The Vanishing hooks you and doesn't let go for a good while, but it settles into formulaic, stalk-and-slash antics in its last 15 minutes. Which makes its failure hurt even more. [05 Feb 1993, p.G5]

Roger Ebert

The Vanishing is a textbook exercise in the trashing of a nearly perfect film, conducted oddly enough under the auspices of the man who directed it. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 27, 2021

This is very much a film about isolation, guilt and greed. Its fairly sinister and its certainly black - not only in tone but also in terms of lighting, with a few scenes being really quite hard to figure out what's going on, on screen, so its preferable to watch this with the proverbialThis is very much a film about isolation, guilt and greed. Its fairly sinister and its certainly black - not only in tone but also in terms of lighting, with a few scenes being really quite hard to figure out what's going on, on screen, so its preferable to watch this with the proverbial curtains drawn. I found the plot a little confusing at times but its reasonably atmospheric and the acting is ok in it. Gerard Butler being the angry, mad Scotsman was worth seeing I suppose! if your a fan of him, esp. bearded Gerard Butler(!). I'm not sure if it entirely lives up to the tag line but its an entertaining and somewhat creepy watch, which overall I would still recommend, even though it could be better, yes.… Expand

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