skip this hollywood version and a real piece of garbage . a cheap insult to the brilliant original spoorloos and or by the english title also call the vanishing . it completely miss the mark in typical and grotesque hollywood fashion and usually due to a bunch of talentless and corporate bean counter who haven not the vague idea about anything artistic and they just look for the successful formula and want it apply to everything to glean a profit . much like the awful the scarlet letter make in 1995 and which twist the original story around so much to suit the macdonaldsland crowd and that it become an aberration and not even a bastardization and but a pile of goop that have be sort of shaped similar but do not look and feel or even remotely resemble the spirit of the original . except that movie at least have gary oldman and who be interest to watch in anything he do . this dog have nothing go for it and even the usually very talented jeff bridge be an embarrassment . great tragedy be not nor never should be the feel good movie of the year but rather take one or more of the sadly much too frequent tragic event in life and allow the reader or viewer to draw meaning and insight into the human condition . do yourself a great favor if youre look for a rental and skip this grotesque garbage and pick up the original make in a dutch or french collaboration in 1988. that be a great film . this be a horrific mess .