Let me start off by saying that I thoroughly a majority of this film. Created on a low budget, they had some good acting, the music set the tone perfectly for just about every scene and it has a few decent jump scares.Now for the bad stuff: The ending. The final scene leaves MUCH to be desired and leaves you feeling extremely unfulfilled and with many questions left without answers. Now I suppose you could say this was the intent of the writers to leave you feeling like this as it is also how characters feel at times during the movie, but I say it's just poor writing.

SO...I don't know how many of you have had the misfortune of watching this movie, but if you haven't...DON'T! If you have, I am wondering how you felt about this film. I understand that the dynamic of things are changing these days, but c'mon. This movie had NO story line, minimal dialogue, and there was no who, what, where, when, why facts answered even after throwing 2 hours my life away. I know that some may truly enjoy this element of Absentia because its open ended and you can put together your own ending and story line, but I look at it as being lazy. I mean, if this is the way that movies are going to be made now a days, my untalented ass may as well thrown some low budget crap together and trick you all in to watching it while giving me your money to do so at the same time. There was NOTHING scary about this movie. NOTHING was suspenseful. I guess maybe it DOES contain mystery but only because it is difficult...almost IMPOSSIBLE to understand. This movie gets a 2 from me only because when the 2 ladies in this film DID act, they did it wholeheartedly and their crying was believable.

Low budget - yes In all other areas - very, very good.Good acting, good and realistic dialogue and a genuine creepy vibe that most movies fail to capture. Some of this is due to the sparse, somber and slightly depressing sound track (the person that put the music together / scored this should get some notice). The characters really do seem like everyday people. - not the beautiful movie people but appealing and honest - like your family and friends. Their anxiety becomes the viewers. The plot is also something slightly different and vague enough to add some mystery without be too off the wall. I really liked this and I've seen it several times. There are more detailed reviews and rather than parrot the positive ones, I'd just say watch it, you will not be disappointed. It has a unique quality. Very good stuff here.

I cannot find anything positive about this movie. The acting is terrible, the dialogue redundant and artificial, shaky camera and lightning is kind of amateurish, too.The story starts slow - and builds up some tension .. but this tension evaporates quickly due to the boring dialogue and intersections. The two protagonists/sisters do what usually makes tension or horror movies work... they totally fail communicating. All the other people are not much better though. Assets and actors seem to have been the result of a very low budget... and it shows. Limited locations, hardly any notable effect other than crude make-up and cheap jump scares ... and a very lifeless world all together. The climax of the story is no real climax at all - it is a mere disappointment. All in all one of the worst movies i have seen so far.