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Disappearance at Clifton Hill

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Canada · 2020
1h 40m
Director Albert Shin
Starring Tuppence Middleton, Hannah Gross, David Cronenberg, Andy McQueen
Genre Thriller

Following her mother's death, Abby returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls, Ontario, where she inherits her family's motel. While working at the front desk, she is ensnared by memories of a kidnapping she witnessed as a child. Though the case was closed years ago, she becomes obsessed with unraveling the mystery of the abduction.

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50

The Playlist by Andrew Bundy

Tonally confusing ... For all its strange and specific flavor, "Clifton Hill" is too tame and tepid to truly work as weird noir.

67

The Film Stage by Christopher Schobert

This is a standard unsolved mystery drama, the type that would be quite at home on a small-screen police procedural. The setting certainly adds to its interest, but even when the boy’s fate is (seemingly) explained, it is difficult to care.

75

Original-Cin by Linda Barnard

Middleton plays Abby with a pleasing note of vulnerability that is often supplanted by a nagging anticipation she’ll tip off the edge. She and Gross have smooth chemistry as estranged sisters.

70

Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray

Where Disappearance at Clifton Hill really excels is in exploring the visual and sonic textures of a decaying resort, and in hailing the plucky resourcefulness of a broken woman, trying to piece her memories — and maybe herself — back together.

50

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

A muddled mystery-thriller that’s something of a wash, one that director-turned-actor David Cronenberg all but steals.

50

Variety by Scott Tobias

Shin’s film gets tangled up in its own web. ... His film leaves a vivid impression without quite leaving a mark.

60

The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden

But for all its vividly detailed eccentricity, the movie, like Abby, connects the dots rather too easily. As Clifton Hill digs deeper into exceedingly sordid stuff, it doesn't dish up the kind of aha moments or chilling frissons that would lift the story from clever contrivance — until a final, delicious twist pulls the rug out from under this richly atmospheric but not always convincing tale.

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