A young, talented writer becomes successful immediately after his first publication and inexplicably disappears into thin air.
I don’t know how to begin or even elaborate on my admiration and frustration with The Vanishing of Sidney Hall. One feeling at a time, I guess.
Shawn Christensen pens, produces, and directs an ostensibly simple story, which he develops intricately, unfolds beautifully, and delivers didactically. Sabine Hoffman’s editing is stupendous, Daniel Katz’s cinematography is mesmerizing, and Logan Lerman, Margaret Qualley, Elle Fanning, Michelle Monaghan, and Kyle Chandler are shining in front of the camera.
So, that’s the admiration part. Here comes the frustration… Not even one nomination!!! I guess we have the critics to thank for those who ignorantly saw past it. Whose perceptual inability prevents them from conceptualising Sidney Hall‘s depth, magnitude, and complexity. The Vanishing of Sidney Hall is poetry on screen. It is really a shame not to give it the chance it deserves. The chance the critics never gave.
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