Disappearance at Clifton Hill
IFC Midnight | Release Date: February 28, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzSep 10, 2019
Clifton Hill becomes just as thrilling and disturbing as its titular strip of haunted houses and fading-fast motels. Read full review
75
Original-CinLinda BarnardFeb 26, 2020
Middleton plays Abby with a pleasing note of vulnerability that is often supplanted by a nagging anticipation she’ll tip off the edge. She and Gross have smooth chemistry as estranged sisters. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayFeb 27, 2020
Where Disappearance at Clifton Hill really excels is in exploring the visual and sonic textures of a decaying resort, and in hailing the plucky resourcefulness of a broken woman, trying to piece her memories — and maybe herself — back together. Read full review
67
The Film StageChristopher SchobertSep 10, 2019
This is a standard unsolved mystery drama, the type that would be quite at home on a small-screen police procedural. The setting certainly adds to its interest, but even when the boy’s fate is (seemingly) explained, it is difficult to care. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenFeb 22, 2020
What distinguishes the film from much of its ilk is Albert Shin’s ongoing taste for peculiar and unsettling details. Read full review
60
The New York TimesGlenn KennyFeb 25, 2020
For patient or forgiving fans of idiosyncratic thrillers, “Disappearance” may deliver satisfactory spills and chills. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenSep 10, 2019
But for all its vividly detailed eccentricity, the movie, like Abby, connects the dots rather too easily. As Clifton Hill digs deeper into exceedingly sordid stuff, it doesn't dish up the kind of aha moments or chilling frissons that would lift the story from clever contrivance — until a final, delicious twist pulls the rug out from under this richly atmospheric but not always convincing tale. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comNick AllenFeb 28, 2020
Never as fun as it should be, despite a gripping central crime. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 3, 2020
A muddled mystery-thriller that’s something of a wash, one that director-turned-actor David Cronenberg all but steals. Read full review
50
The PlaylistAndrew BundySep 10, 2019
Tonally confusing ... For all its strange and specific flavor, "Clifton Hill" is too tame and tepid to truly work as weird noir. Read full review
50
VarietyScott TobiasSep 10, 2019
Shin’s film gets tangled up in its own web. ... His film leaves a vivid impression without quite leaving a mark. Read full review
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