The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

Original title: Sidney Hall

2017
R
1h 59m

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6.8/10

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Logan Lerman in The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017)

Sidney Hall harbors a precocious talent for writing. 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. Early success with his first novel makes Sidney a celebrity, though his dystopian observations about suburbia provoke tragic outcomes among some young readers, cloaking his name in scandal. Heightened scrutiny and expectations haunt him, as do dark secrets from his past that complicate his creativity, and interfere with his chances of finding love with a childhood sweetheart. When the disillusioned writer has all but disappeared from public life, a mysterious detective seeks the answer to his mystery.

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Sidney Hall finds accidental success and unexpected love at an early age, then disappears without a trace.Sidney Hall finds accidental success and unexpected love at an early age, then disappears without a trace.Sidney Hall finds accidental success and unexpected love at an early age, then disappears without a trace.

Director
- Shawn Christensen
Writers
- Shawn Christensen
- Jason Dolan
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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

12K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Shawn Christensen
Writers
- Shawn Christensen
- Jason Dolan
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Logan Lerman was said to have been cast as the titular protagonist because he was the only actor who could convincingly portray Sidney Hall in all of the featured stages of his life.

Goofs
When Sidney is lying in his front yard, he has his hands behind his head. But when Brett walks up he removes his right and lays it on his chest. But in the next camera shot, both hands are behind his head again.

Quotes
Sidney Hall: Once Melody left me, it dawned on me, looking out at all of those wonderful city lights, that I was just one of those millions of city lights, a tiny little pixel, buried within the white noise of life, blinking on for just a brief second in time.

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Soundtracks
Closing from 'Mishima'
Written by Philip Glass
Courtesy of Dunvagen Music
Used by permission of Dunvagen Music Publishers

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7/10

Wow

I thought the first half was very slow and boring, but somehow still intriguing.

The ending completely stunned me though and completely changed my opinion of this film.