It's an ambitious work and shouldn't be too readily dismissed for its semi-successful foray into spirit-land. There is much else to enjoy and a wonderful terrain to discover.
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05/01/08
Disappearances (2006)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:11
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6/10
Synopsis: Though set in Vermont during the Prohibition, this film starring Kris Kristofferson is in the grand tradition of classic westerns. Featuring picturesque cinematography of the border between Canada... [More]
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Luis Guzmán, William Sanderson, Genevičve Bujold
Director: Jay Craven
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08/11/07
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06/16/07
Top CriticThere's a special Boy Scout charm to it all that I was enchanted with.
06/08/07
The movie has a literary quality, and not just because everyone's always quoting Shakespeare.
06/07/07
A marvelous, subtly crafted elegy to a bygone era that balances its scenes of violence and gunplay with laconic humor.
06/07/07
Top CriticLabored, a bit of backwoods magical realism that wants to soar but never takes off.
06/06/07
Magic realism is a tricky thing to pull off in a movie, and Disappearances, the third of Mr. Craven’s films based on Mr. Mosher’s novels, only occasionally succeeds.
05/14/07
Top CriticCraven never quite manages to make it all seem a smoothly integrated piece.
05/11/07
The beautifully photographed Disappearances is solidly old-fashioned entertainment.
05/11/07
Top CriticThe film is lovely to look at, but makes not a lick of sense.
05/11/07
Top CriticIf you're one of those people (like this reviewer) who can watch Kris Kristofferson do just about anything, you won't insist on the references being that solid.
05/10/07
Top CriticAlas, the story descends into mystical mumbo jumbo.
05/10/07
Craven layers the film's central narrative concerns with mounds of metaphorical gunk, most of which proves more ponderous than entrancing.
05/08/07
Though set in Vermont in the 1930s, this has the feel of a Western -- one with mystical overtones -- and provides a great role for Kris Kristofferson, who's looking well weathered these days.
05/04/07
Top CriticJay Craven's stilted adaptation of a novel by Howard Frank Mosher lacks the urgency, the poetry, or the feeling for period that might have brought the material to life, while the cast seems to be largely squandered.
04/27/07
Top CriticThis scenic adventure is too fussy with metaphysical lore.
04/27/07
Top CriticShot for only $1.7 million, but it's a thoroughly entertaining, first-class job in every way.
04/26/07
Top CriticThe story might sound fine on paper, but it didn't quite work out that well when filmed.
04/14/07
An utterly earnest, likable enough family-focused action-adventure.
02/02/07
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