The Vanishing

1991 "Who Has Seen This Woman?"
7.7| 1h46m| NR| en
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Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.

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Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
noonoonomore I came across this after reading River Phoenix's interview talking about this movie which persuaded him to accept the role, Boy, in Dark Blood which is also directed by George Sluizer and I'm so happy that I got the chance to watch this wonderfully beautiful movie.The tension slowly builds up with Saskia telling Rex his dream of being stuck in an egg, then them being stuck in a dark tunnel, Rex dreaming the same thing and the antagonist being pulled over by the police for not wearing his seat belt gets away by pointing that he's claustrophobic; I don't know why I didn't see the ending coming. As a claustrophobic myself, I found this movie very very disturbing, and by disturbing I mean.. Good.It's not a horror movie to make you jump outta your seat from time to time, but it'll haunt you for a long time.
kodakManiac This film is truly one of the most fascinating cinematic experiences I've ever experienced. Its is so unique in its style and the way the story unfolds. It manages to balance both comedy and drama in a way few films have, before and after. The story makes you laugh in on scene, and completely creeps you out in the next, in unconventional ways. This story takes some very dark roads, very dark. With an ending that is so surprising, so original, yet so simple and easy. Its easily one of the best films I have seen in a very, very long time. No wonder why Stanley Kubrick thought The Vanishing was the most terrifying film he had ever seen. Watching this film equals three years in film school. A true masterpiece.
Vils1 Compelling film that still resonates with me decades later. Even re-watching it whilst knowing the story does not spoil the experience.It is more compelling than enjoyable - so you need to be in the mood to be challenged. It leaves you with a reinforced impetus to enjoy the minutes that you are given, whilst looking out for loved ones. Every one fits their roles and the sum makes a greater film than the original parts.Total Film reviewed it in their 'Classics' section in the issue July 2016.The Hollywood remake is laughable - it just shows the difference between challenging original and the comforting remake.
fuzail89 No matter how good a movie is going it has to end well, And now a days I have watched a lot of European movies and see that most of the story ends in a way I am not satisfied and rather end up angry and really frustrated. The Koreans do it better than anyone. Oldboy was one of the greatest thrillers ever made. And when it ended it was perfect. The movie does not need to have a fairy tale ending, but this is disgusting, that's what it is DISGUSTING. I recommend not wasting your time if the end matters to you. To me when a movie is made well, like this one we recognize with the characters and then it leaves an impact on us, whatever happens to the characters. An evil movie. But very well directed, great direction, very good cinematography as well. But I could not waste my time after watching half of the movie I though it would matter how this ends, so I would rather check how this ends, I did and threw the DVD in the Trash, I literally broke it in two and threw it in the trash.