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.
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05/04/07
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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Reviews for Disappearances
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
A stirringly acted frontier tale, infused with bewildering magical-realist touches that may prove trying to viewers less attuned to its visual pleasures.
11/09/06
Top CriticA marvelous, subtly crafted elegy to a bygone era that balances its scenes of violence and gunplay with laconic humor.
06/07/07
Top CriticThe movie has a literary quality, and not just because everyone's always quoting Shakespeare.
06/07/07
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 CriticA frontier spirit and a strong connection to the landscape inform the piece, which aims not to wow but to immerse the viewer in a mystical, hardscrabble, bygone world.
11/14/06
Top CriticThe 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 CriticCraven never quite manages to make it all seem a smoothly integrated piece.
05/11/07
An utterly earnest, likable enough family-focused action-adventure.
02/02/07
Top CriticThere's a special Boy Scout charm to it all that I was enchanted with.
06/08/07
Jay 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 CriticCraven layers the film's central narrative concerns with mounds of metaphorical gunk, most of which proves more ponderous than entrancing.
05/08/07
The story might sound fine on paper, but it didn't quite work out that well when filmed.
04/14/07
This scenic adventure is too fussy with metaphysical lore.
04/27/07
Top CriticLabored, a bit of backwoods magical realism that wants to soar but never takes off.
06/06/07
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.
05/01/08
Shot for only $1.7 million, but it's a thoroughly entertaining, first-class job in every way.
04/26/07
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