Disappearance at Clifton Hill 2020

The truth can be deceiving.

5.5 / 10   93 vote(s)
Thriller Mystery Drama

Following the death of her mother, a young woman returns home to Niagara Falls and becomes entangled in the memory of a kidnapping she claims to have witnessed as a child.

Homepage http://entractfilms.com/en/films/clifton-hill
Release Date 2020-02-28
Runtime 1h 40m
Directors Albert Shin, Catherine Lutes, Aurèle Gaudet, Michelle Koerssen, Rory James, Robert Pomposo
Producers Kevin Krikst, Fraser Ash, Niv Fichman, Omar Chalabi, Adrian Love, Matt Code, Patrick Duchesne
Writers James Schultz, Albert Shin

Tuppence Middleton ("Abby") returns to her Niagara Falls family home following the death of her mother, and together with sister "Laure" (Hannah Gross) has to dispose of her assets - including their motel. Once there, she starts getting flashbacks of a memory (real or imagined, we do not yet know) in which she is the witness to a kidnapping. What ensues now is a creatively crafted psychological thriller that though quite interesting, initially, manages quite successfully to tie itself up in too many knots. Middleton is decent enough, but the plot so convoluted and meandering that the focus and pace of the story serves to distract us from what might have been an engaging thriller and by mid way through I really couldn't have cared less. As you'd expect, the scenery is beautiful but the soundtrack is really downbeat and the ending, when it eventually comes, offers more by way of light relief than satisfaction.

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