Vanished (2026)
  • Network: MGM+
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 1, 2026
Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9

Critic Reviews

  1. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Richard Roeper
    Jan 30, 2026
    75
    Although the structure often trots out well-worn tropes, and a few hairpin storyline turns might have you rolling your eyes, this is a work of screen-popping South of France visuals, well-choreographed chase sequences, and a visceral, unvarnished lead performance by Kaley Cuoco.
  2. Collider
    Reviewed by: Jasneet Singh
    Jan 30, 2026
    70
    What Vanished manages to do with genre staples is inspired, even if it does leave a bitter aftertaste.
  3. Screen Rant
    Reviewed by: El Kuiper
    Jan 30, 2026
    50
    All in all, Vanished feels like a combination of every miniseries or made-for-TV thriller you'll have seen before.
  5. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Saloni Gajjar
    Jan 30, 2026
    42
    Claflin and Cuoco are talented performers individually, but together, they fail to fully sell their characters’ seemingly intense dynamic. Watchable as it may be, Vanished also ends up as a relatively hollow thriller that depicts Middle Eastern countries with an annoying sepia filter.
  6. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Feb 27, 2026
    40
    If you have had a very bad day, Vanished is slight and daft and distracting enough to soothe a fractious soul. Other than that, let us hope both the leads get a chance to show up in something much, much better next time.
  7. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Feb 3, 2026
    40
    Despite the ever-charming presence of Cuoco and fantastic European vistas, Vanished just feels slight and predictable, and even borderline implausible.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Alison Herman
    Feb 2, 2026
    40
    As a result of this brevity and the aforementioned parallels with “The Flight Attendant,” “Vanished” often feels like a slighter redux of a mode Cuoco has already explored at greater length and depth.
  9. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Angie Han
    Feb 2, 2026
    40
    There are plenty of things it does right, or at least adequately. .... The problem is that Vanished never gets around to a reason to care very much about the mystery at hand.
  10. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jan 30, 2026
    40
    Cuoco and Claflin have no more chemistry than figures on facing pages in a clothing catalog. .... She’s not well served by the pedestrian direction and dialogue, but comes across as a person playing a person, rather than as the person she’s playing. Perhaps by virtue of their accents, the French actors feel more real; France, as usual, looks great.