Disappearances
Truly Indie | Release Date: April 27, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
2
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88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
The movie looks like far more than a million dollars and it offers the kind of smart, picaresque good time you get from books like "The Reivers" and "Huckleberry Finn" and movies like "Bronco Billy" and "Bonnie and Clyde." Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
A heartfelt effort, if at times a bit heavy-handed. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
Solidly old-fashioned entertainment. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin Chang
A frequently mesmerizing if exceedingly strange coming-of-age odyssey. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The mix of rollicking, family-friendly action and backwoods mysticism is odd, as is the story's progress from larky escapades to increasingly grim consequences, and Craven never quite manages to make it all seem a smoothly integrated piece. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
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. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The movie, though lovingly handmade by Mr. Craven, has a frustratingly disjunctive rhythm. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The film is lovely to look at, but makes not a lick of sense. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
It is a pretentious and incoherent blend of ghost story and frontier adventure that becomes more preposterous and idiotic with each passing scene. Read full review
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