The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2018)

That was an excellent one.

not horrible nor great

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

This should have been a really interesting film. The acting is good, the cast is good and the premise is good. But the filmmakers have chosen to keep jumping back and forth in time, which made it really hard to get into the film, particularly in the beginning. I kept watching in anticipation of a great twist. Well there was a twist and I didn't see it coming, which is a good thing I suppose. The problem is, the twist was not very original. I was left thinking, "oh, that again". And it's not a cool "Sixth Sense" type twist either. In fact, the only reason it's a twist at all is because of the jumping time line. The whole purpose of the switches back and forth are solely to keep you from finding out one important piece of information. Personally, because the twist is so weak I think the film would have worked better if it had been played out in a linear time line. And it could have done with being 20 minutes shorter. There was too much padding and yet some of the more interesting aspects, like Sidney Hall's disappearance were skated over to avoid revealing the twist. Instead we're left with a drawn out subplot about Sidney finding out who his mystery admirer is at high school. This subplot added nothing to the main story.Overall, for me this feels like a real missed opportunity. There's a good film in here somewhere, but in attempting to make it more arty and mysterious the filmmakers missed a trick in my opinion, making it slow and laborious instead.

This movie is as honest and original as the truth it portrays, and as the actors who portray it. The 9% from Rotten Tomato's critics is criminally insane.

Can any one or every one relate to the poisonous Mrs Hall Leathel!!! Every movie is a better movie with out B. L.

I really wanted to like this but it just didn't work for me. Among the numerous problems for me are the following: 1. I'm supposed to believe that he didn't notice the angelic neighbor across the street. 2. His headcase mom played by Michelle Monaghan who I never cared for and this is no exception. 3. This writer is just amazing and blows everyone's mind which was too much of a leap for me given the information. 4. I kept comparing this movie to "The End of the Tour" which was far, far superior. 5. This relies too much on melodrama and extraordinary circumstances. The positives are the lead who is obviously talented and Kyle Chandler whose character was quite intriguing.