“It dawned on me, 

looking out at all 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.

I didn't want to be a martyr.

I wanted to be nobody.”

What better way to make a movie review comeback than to talk about a movie I liked and cried over (the weeping and hard kind).

We go through the different timelines of the life of Sidney Hall (played by Logan Lerman), an average high school student turned successful writer, who decided to disappear without a trace, or so he thought. 

Like most of the films and/or things I’ve watched, I have this vague idea of what they are about. And I guess, after watching one passable movie after another - The Vanishing of Sidney Hall somewhat became that new wave of fresh air I was sort-of looking for.

Timeline after timeline, I was hooked. Not in oh-my-god-it-blew-my-mind sense, but more of like wow-it’s-been-a-while-since-I-felt-something-like-this-for-a-movie sense. Each revelation left me either surprised or somewhat an emotional wreck that left me into tears (and I consider that as a good thing). 

It’s not a perfect film, that’s for sure. The way it was laid out in a narrative standpoint may not be for everyone. It’s pretty to look at in a photography standpoint and well acted as well. I don’t see why most reviews seem to flat out hate it.

Highs

Lows

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