The Vanishing of Sidney Hall R

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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: March 20, 2018
  • Originally Released: 2018
  • Label: Lions Gate

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Rating: 3/10 -- Directed by Shawn Christensen from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jason Dolan, The Vanishing of Sidney Hall meanders its way through an excruciating two hours, and seeing the film through to completion is like an exercise in self-flaggelation. Full Review
The Lamplight Review
Apr 9, 2019
Christensen favors dreamy shots of dusty libraries and desert horizons that, while beautiful, don't make up for the contrived plot driving Sidney toward his destiny. Full Review
Village Voice
Feb 28, 2018
It's ambitious, takes risks, and contains some finely crafted lines ("Life isn't very interesting unless you're a bit psychotic"), and yet I'm still not sure I could recommend you give up two hours of your life to see it. Full Review
Film Inquiry
Mar 25, 2018
A tortured mystery dripping with pretentiousness. Full Review
New York Times
Mar 1, 2018
The artificially constructed nature of the narrative gives the supposedly shocking revelations way too much importance, essentially subjugating any sense of character development and flaws to its mystery-type structure. Full Review
Hollywood Reporter
Jan 27, 2017
The most passable lens through which to watch writer-director Shawn Christensen's risible indie drama "The Vanishing of Sidney Hall" is by counting the many ways it grates as both an agonized-artist pity party and a male fantasy of envied power. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Mar 1, 2018
Rating: D- -- Unspools into nearly two hours of baffling narrative choices, weak character development, and so many offensive cliches that it would be funny if they wasn't so, well, offensive. Full Review
indieWire
Jan 26, 2017

Product Description:

High schooler Sidney Hall (Logan Lerman) finds sudden fame after he writes a best-selling novel. When painful truths behind his book come to light, his relationship with his girlfriend (Elle Fanning) and his mother (Michelle Monaghan) are threatened and he abruptly disappears. Years later, a series of crimes related to his book leaves a detective (Kyle Chandler) desperate to track him down. Blake Jenner and Nathan Lane co-star. Directed by Shawn Christensen.

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  • Sales Rank: 59,898
  • UPC: 031398279877
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