The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Lady Vanishes
Thriller · Mystery · Horror · 2013
Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.
Movie details
The Lady Vanishes
“Is anything what it seems?”
2013 Thriller · Mystery · Horror 1h 26m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Lady Vanishes?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Diarmuid Lawrence
Written by
Fiona Seres
Tuppence Middleton
Iris Carr
Keeley Hawes
Laura Parmiter aka Mrs Todhunter
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Sir Peveril Brown aka Mr Todhunter
Sandy McDade
Edna Barnes
Pip Torrens
Reverend Kenneth Barnes
Stephanie Cole
Evelyn Floodporter
Gemma Jones
Rose Floodporter
Court is in session
Put The Lady Vanishes on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.