The Vanishing Of Sidney Hall
A24 | Release Date: March 2, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
18
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
0
Negative:
11
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 28, 2018
“Vanishing” is ambitious, but in every trite, pat and melodramatic way you can think of. Read full review
33
The PlaylistJoe BlessingFeb 28, 2018
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. Read full review
30
Village VoiceTatiana CraineMar 1, 2018
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. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 1, 2018
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. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijJan 10, 2018
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. Read full review
30
VarietyGeoff BerkshireJan 10, 2018
Sidney Hall strings its audience along on a tedious journey that runs out of steam long before reaching an embarrassingly overwrought finale. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDerek SmithFeb 25, 2018
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. Read full review
25
The Film StageJordan RuimyJan 10, 2018
A manipulative mess from start to finish. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 1, 2018
The many ridiculous tragedies are just there to slather showy woundedness on a weak, annoying character, leaving The Vanishing of Sidney Hall a mystery-free mystery with an inexhaustible supply of eye-rolling postures. Read full review
16
IndieWireKate ErblandJan 10, 2018
Initially it seems as if Sidney Hall will just be another film about lone geniuses trapped in worlds where they’re misunderstood or undervalued, but the film then unspools into nearly two hours of baffling narrative choices, weak character development, and so many offensive cliches that it would be funny if it wasn’t so, well, offensive. Read full review
0
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMar 2, 2018
On the plus side, the movie’s production values are very nice and its cast is notable. And as it happens, neither of those are pluses, because what they mean ultimately is that good money is put into this kind of worthless woman-hating garbage even now. Read full review
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