The Vanishing

Roger Ebert's review

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  • The episode calls this the first one-star review covered after roughly 275 episodes. — Bill Simmons
  • Ebert is reported to have said the returning director savaged his own masterpiece as thoroughly as a hired hack. — Bill Simmons
  • His review is summarized as asking whether Americans were assumed to need a more elementary version than Europeans. — Bill Simmons
  • The quoted conclusion calls the original a masterpiece and the remake laughable, stupid, and crude. — Bill Simmons
  • The panel feels personally stung because both participants love the remake. — Chris Ryan