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06/16/07
Disappearances (2006)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:11
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Westerns
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
This scenic adventure is too fussy with metaphysical lore.
04/27/07
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
The story might sound fine on paper, but it didn't quite work out that well when filmed.
04/14/07
Labored, a bit of backwoods magical realism that wants to soar but never takes off.
06/06/07
The film is lovely to look at, but makes not a lick of sense.
05/11/07
If 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
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
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 CriticThe beautifully photographed Disappearances is solidly old-fashioned entertainment.
05/11/07
Craven never quite manages to make it all seem a smoothly integrated piece.
05/11/07
Shot for only $1.7 million, but it's a thoroughly entertaining, first-class job in every way.
04/26/07
Craven layers the film's central narrative concerns with mounds of metaphorical gunk, most of which proves more ponderous than entrancing.
05/08/07
A 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 CriticMagic 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 CriticAlas, the story descends into mystical mumbo jumbo.
05/10/07
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
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