The defence The Big-Idea Head
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Vanished
Thriller · Crime · Mystery · 2018
A detective investigates the disappearance of a woman's corpse from a morgue and tries to uncover the cause of her death.
Movie details
The Vanished
“I killed my wife and her body disappeared.”
2018 Thriller · Crime · Mystery 1h 41m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.6 / 10
1.7K votes
TMDB
7.1 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A detective investigates the disappearance of a woman's corpse from a morgue and tries to uncover the cause of her death.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Vanished?
For the defence
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Lee Chang-hee
Written by
Lee Chang-hee
Kim Sang-kyung
Woo Jung-sik
Kim Kang-woo
Park Jin-han
Kim Hee-ae
Yoon Seol-hee
Han Ji-an
Hye-jin
Seo Hyun-woo
Dong-gu
Lee Min-ji
Sook-kyung
Lee Ji-hoon
Seok-won
Court is in session
Put The Vanished on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.