The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

Original title: Sidney Hall

20172017
RR
1h 59m

Logan Lerman in 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
Stars

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'Sidney Hall' Cast Get Into Character

'Sidney Hall' Cast Get Into Character

Michelle Monaghan in Sidney Hall (2017)

Kyle Chandler in Sidney Hall (2017)

Logan Lerman and Elle Fanning in Sidney Hall (2017)

Logan Lerman and Elle Fanning in Sidney Hall (2017)

Kyle Chandler in Sidney Hall (2017)

Elle Fanning in Sidney Hall (2017)

Logan Lerman and Blake Jenner in Sidney Hall (2017)

Logan Lerman in Sidney Hall (2017)

Logan Lerman in Sidney Hall (2017)

Kyle Chandler in Sidney Hall (2017)

Logan Lerman and Elle Fanning in Sidney Hall (2017)

Logan Lerman and Blake Jenner in Sidney Hall (2017)

Indignation

6.8

End of Sentence

6.7

End of Sentence

I Think We're Alone Now

5.7

I Think We're Alone Now

Before I Disappear

7.2

Before I Disappear

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

5.7

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Galveston

6.2

Strange But True

5.9

Strange But True

Low Down

6.1

Ginger & Rosa

6.3

Curfew

7.9

Native Son

5.7

Novitiate

6.7

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

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Taglines
- It's all about beginnings.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language and some sexual references
Parents guide

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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Top review

8/10

Critics got it wrong!

I'll preface by saying I watch an inordinate amount of movies and I never leave reviews. I had to post since this has to be one of the worst & most inaccurate critic scores I've seen.

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5

jaycop
Sep 14, 2018

Early in the movie (around 8-minute mark), Sixteen Tons is playing in the background. Not listed in credits, but it's driving me crazy trying to figure out what version of the song it is. Can you help?

Runtime
1 hour 59 minutes
Color
- Color

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