Vanishing on 7th Street
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: February 18, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyFeb 24, 2011
Anderson spends most of his energy creating a mood - making "Vanishing" more cerebral than white-knuckle, though a few more shrieks (mine) might have been nice. Read full review
70
NPRJeannette CatsoulisFeb 18, 2011
A highly respectable piece of genre entertainment, one with a little more class than most. Read full review
70
Village VoiceChuck WilsonFeb 15, 2011
It is creepy enough to make you hope the theater parking lot is brightly lit. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad Derakhshani Feb 24, 2011
The film's grand concept is betrayed by Anthony Jaswinski's clumsy, mediocre script and by Anderson's inability to manage the talents of a great cast. Read full review
63
New York PostLou LumenickFeb 18, 2011
Not as elaborate or entertaining as Anderson's last feature, "Transsiberian," but it's got enough shocks for an entirely respectable addition to the post-apocalyptic genre. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFeb 18, 2011
It's a slow time at the cineplex, and the sinister scares served up by Brad Anderson are just spooky enough to freak out undemanding horror fans. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisFeb 17, 2011
The story, which starts promisingly only to stop, restart, sputter and come to a wheezing, disappointing puff of nada, proves the least satisfying part of the whole. The finale certainly isn't earned, but all the nasty, tiny jolts throughout the movie do prick the skin nicely. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayFeb 17, 2011
Vanishing On 7th Street does work well as a kind of mood-piece, observing all the ways we surround ourselves with the illusion of warmth and security, before the shadows creep in. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedFeb 15, 2011
The actors work hard to convey terror-especially Mr. Christensen, who proved he could act when he played disgraced journalist Stephen Glass in the marvelous, underrated "Shattered Glass"-but the panic that overtakes the characters never quite grips the audience. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttFeb 14, 2011
Whatever one's view of Christian evangelical beliefs, from strictly a horror-film standpoint the movie needs a better villain. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineTim CogshellFeb 18, 2011
The dark is not threatening, and metaphorical darkness is even less so; as a result this movie is not particularly scary. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfFeb 15, 2011
Please. If you're going to ask audiences to submit to a dim theater themselves, at least greet them with the proper monster they paid for. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanFeb 16, 2011
Anderson has made a zombie movie without the zombies. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliFeb 24, 2011
This is a terrible movie. It has no business being as terrible as it is, because it boasts a perfectly acceptable horror premise and a perfectly acceptable cast. Read full review
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