Disappearances
Seen it?2007 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for people who love a good family story and people who like stories that don't look away. Anyone with siblings or parents will recognize something here. Liked Easy Rider? This is a good next one. It deals with hard things honestly.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 58 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
- Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.
Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy schemer and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered herd through the rapidly approaching winter, resorts to whiskey-smuggling, a traditional family occupation. Quebec Bill takes his son, Wild Bill, on the journey. Also Henry Coville, an inscrutable whiskey smuggler, and Rat Kinneson, Quebec Bill's perpetually disconsolate ex-con hired man. Together, they cross the border into vast reaches of Canadian wilderness for an unforgettable four days "full of terror, full of wonder."
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
52% on Rotten Tomatoes, 57 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$313K worldwide on a $2 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Jay Craven
- Kris KristoffersonQuebec Bill Bonhomme
- Charlie McDermottWild Bill Bonhomme
- Gary FarmerHerny Coville
- William SandersonRat Kinneson
- Geneviève BujoldCordelia
- Lothaire BluteauCarcajou
- Heather RaeEvangeline Bonhomme
- Bill RaymondCompton