Synopsis
Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
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Cast
- Logan LermanSidney Hall
- Elle FanningMelody
- Kyle ChandlerThe Searcher
- Michelle MonaghanMrs. Hall
- Blake JennerBrett Newport
- Nathan LaneHarold
- Margaret QualleyAlexandra
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen IIDuane
- Tim Blake NelsonJohan
- Janina GavankarGina
Recommendations
- 38
Movie Nation
“Vanishing” is ambitious, but in every trite, pat and melodramatic way you can think of. - 33
The Playlist
While there are a few intriguing themes and ideas at play in The Vanishing of Sidney Hall, once the viewer perseveres through the over-editing the final product is disappointing. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
While the precociously talented Sidney, played by Logan Lerman, is not an uninteresting character, 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. - 30
Variety
Sidney Hall strings its audience along on a tedious journey that runs out of steam long before reaching an embarrassingly overwrought finale. - 30
The New York Times
Handsome cinematography and a highly competent supporting cast — including Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Lane and Alex Karpovsky — can’t save The Vanishing of Sidney Hall, a tortured mystery dripping with pretentiousness. - 30
Village Voice
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall fails to give its characters depth, leaving viewers with little more than a shallow white guy troubled by his fame. - 25
The Film Stage
A manipulative mess from start to finish. - 25
Slant Magazine
The seesaw of effect of oscillating between extolling Sidney’s genius and lingering on his anguish begins to feel like a child slowly burning an ant with a magnifying glass, occasionally taking breaks to truly savor the harm he or she is committing.
