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Cast
- Kiefer SutherlandJeff Harriman
- Jeff BridgesBarney Cousins
- Nancy TravisRita Baker
- Sandra BullockDiane Shaver
- Park OverallLynn
- Maggie LindermanDenise Cousins
- Lisa EichhornHelene Cousins
- George HearnArthur Bernard
- Lynn HamiltonMiss Carmichael
- Garrett BennettCop at Gas Station
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Psychological thrillers are only as effective as their villains, and The Vanishing serves up one hell of a specimen. - 67
Austin Chronicle
A good, psychological thriller that, I suspect, packs more of a wallop if you have not seen the original. - 60
The New York Times
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). - 58
Entertainment Weekly
[Sluizer's] original, pitch-black ending would have sent people out of the theater giddy with shock; it’s doubtful anyone will remember his new one long enough to tell their friends. - 50
Variety
Some last-reel thrills and cathartic violence provide commercial oomph to the otherwise tedious thriller The Vanishing. This is one remake that sacrifices much of what made the original work so well. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
While the original was a rather cerebral exercise in suspense, the American version has predictably been given a more visceral dimension. The new version is more simplistic, but still works on its own level. - 50
Washington Post
Screenwriter Todd Graff makes an inept, quasi-formulaic rehash of everything. He duplicates many of the original scenes but does so mechanically. - 50
Boston Globe
The reconstituted Vanishing is a pretty banal proposition. [05 Feb 1993, p.27]
