Vanishing of sidney hall review. On metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 18 out of 100 based on 11 critics indicating overwhelming dislike. The lamplight review april 9 2019 directed by shawn christensen from a screenplay he co wrote with jason dolan the vanishing of sidney hall meanders its way through an excruciating two hours and. And elle fanning is sweet charming and heartbreaking as sidneys love.
But after all it does make sense. Movie review of the vanishing of sidney hall 2017 by the critical movie critics an author finds success and love at an early age then disappears without a trace. A readers dramatic suicide accompanied by a statement that sidney hall has put his cult on the path to expose the suburban underbelly of america no matter what the cost a db.
Sidney hall harbors a precocious talent for writing. Even though sidney hall is not perfect its a compelling story with some nice writing and in my opinion superb acting by lerman and fanning. Early success with his first novel makes sidney a celebrity though his dystopian observations about suburbia provoke tragic outcomes.
His classroom essays exhibit a danger that some find off putting though one teacher recognizes his talent and urges sidney to pursue a writing career. Salinger kind of disappearance that eventually places sidney on the top of a freight train smoking a cigarette while in cool sunglasses. The vanishing of sidney hall isnt meant to be uplifting nor is it.
I was stunned that this was the kid from the percy jackson movies lol. It has a weird way to tell the story starts somewhere in the end and then jumps through timeline several times. Parents need to know that the vanishing of sidney hall is a mature drama about a mysterious reclusive writer that stars logan lerman elle fanning and kyle chandler.
But it is a story worth telling in that its characters played excellently by the whole cast its events and its grim outcome serve as a tale that hits the nail on the head with the message that not everything in life will turn out the way its presented. Audience reviews for the vanishing of sidney hall jun 27 2020 too much emphasis on the films nonlinear structure ruins an earnest effort to tell the story of a high school student who amidst. Become a critical movie critic contact.
On review aggregator website rotten tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 11 based on 27 reviews and an average rating of 26210.
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