THE VANISHING is an effective thriller, featuring well-pitched performances from the leads, an appropriately lean script, and probably the first ever instance of Chekhov's Crab Rope.

| Feb 13, 2020

Confident direction, a strong cast and an intense setting turn this into an extremely watchable thriller.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 6, 2020

The Vanishing leaves several loose ends that end up making the story not completely rounded. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2019

The story unfolds methodically, but it starts off quite heavy due to all the lengthy discussions about the mechanics of the lighthouse, and never recovers.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 26, 2019

A nice little thriller to warm you up on the weekend.

| Sep 13, 2019

a cold and tough broth of greed, violence and murder

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 19, 2019

The Vanishing, co-written by actors Joe Bone and Celyn Jones, incorporates some trace of pirate story, but contains every temptation to surrender to the sense of wonder intrinsic to the genre of adventure. [Full Review in Spanish]

| May 3, 2019

The isolated island environment is an extraordinary location. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 29, 2019

[A] spirited and claustrophobic thriller. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 29, 2019

The film falls in love with its own mystery without pretending to offer an explanation. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 11, 2019

A brutally violent thriller that turns into a psychological drama, with a surprising (and unexpectedly sad) ending. It occasionally jars, but mostly I found the changes in tone darkly elegant.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 3, 2019

A well organized thriller that just ratcheted up tension in the right way.

| Apr 2, 2019

The ending is savage, but the real surprise is in the performance of Butler.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 2, 2019

It briefly hints at something supernatural, but then proceeds as a fierce thriller in a disappointing misstep.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2019

After a slow-burn but promisingly claustrophobic start, the movie mutates into an increasingly ripe melodrama that's slickly done and decently acted, but casts not one watt of credible new light on what actually might have happened on Flannan Isle.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 29, 2019

The biggest surprise in The Vanishing is the rare but welcome sight of Gerard Butler being good in a half-decent film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 29, 2019

It's never easy to rip your eyes off Mullan, such a powerful actor, but it's good to be reminded that there's more to Butler, too, than just a big torso and a bad script.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 29, 2019

An intriguing and effective mystery, with some fine performances which help build the suspense. A flat script lets the film down, but there's more than enough to enjoy here.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2019

It's a very powerfully performed, intimate piece, perhaps inspired at some level by the classic adventure The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2019

The profile of both subject and stars promises a far more interesting experience than the drab final product, which takes a convoluted route towards a dull denouement that the audience already knows.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 25, 2019