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The Vanishing

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The Vanishing (1993)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:13

Rotten:18

Average Rating:4.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: An American remake of the Dutch psychological thriller about a young woman who disappears mysteriously one day while vacationing with her boyfriend. After three years of searching obsessively for... An American remake of the Dutch psychological thriller about a young woman who disappears mysteriously one day while vacationing with her boyfriend. After three years of searching obsessively for her, the boyfriend is contacted by the woman's abductor, a happily married professor whose deceptively normal facade masks the soul of a psychotic criminal. The man tests the depths of the boyfriend's obsession by drawing him into a bizarre and sinister game in which the young man must risk his own well-being in order to solve the mystery of his lover's disappearance. [More]

Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Nancy Travis

Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Nancy Travis

Director: George Sluizer

Director: George Sluizer
Screenwriter: Todd Graff
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Producer: Larry Brezner, Paul Schiff

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Sep 7, 2004

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06/14/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Sluizer's Hollywood remake of his own brilliant Spooloos is a lobotomised version of its chillier, more cerebral precursor.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
06/14/09
Channel 4 Film

...a thoroughly involving thriller that boasts a number of genuinely tense sequences...

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04/29/08
David Nusair
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Reel Film Reviews

Schematic and unconvincing.

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08/12/07
Variety Staff
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03/18/06
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Misjudged, compromised Hollywood remake.

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01/26/06
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out

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09/17/05
Cole Smithey
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06/27/05
Emanuel Levy
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05/10/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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02/17/05
Todd Jorgenson
Todd Jorgenson
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

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.

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02/05/05
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

Often stands shoulder-to-shoulder with its forerunner--or is at the very least too provocative in its departures to dismiss out of hand

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09/05/04
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
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08/18/04
Mark Sells
Mark Sells
Oregon Herald

No review available.

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05/17/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

The original was horrifying.

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05/17/04
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

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02/22/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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01/28/04
Cory Cheney
Cory Cheney
Urban Tulsa Weekly

Truly creepy, but not as good as the original.

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11/26/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Sluizer's Americanized remake of his own film is more commercial, but, to me, also more appealing.

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08/24/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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04/21/03
Christopher Smith
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Bangor Daily News (Maine)
 
 
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