5/5 A gripping saga highly recommended for teen to adult viewers
  by Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
Teens seeking suspense and many an adult viewer looking for something different will find the movie ELSEWHERE an avid show. Sarah and Jillian have been long-time best friends although very different. Sarah is shocked to find her friend has started meeting anonymous men over the internet in search of excitement - and when Jillian vanishes, she and her friend search for their missing friend and the reason why nobody in town seems to want her found. Deleted scenes, audio commentary with the film's director and producer, and a featurette enhance a gripping saga highly recommended for teen to adult viewers.

1/5 "Elsewhere" is exactly where I wanted to be while watching this.
  by Robert P. Beveridge (Cleveland, OH)
Elsewhere (Nathan Hope, 2009)

There will come a time, and hopefully it will be soon, when someone will make an intelligent mystery about Internet dating, with realistic, well-drawn characters, an original twist on what is already a very old subgenre, and an ending that you can't see coming from a mile away. Elsewhere is not that film. Not by a country mile.

Elsewhere takes place in small-town Indiana, the kind of quaint little place you stop at on your way through the state for pie, coffee, and postcards, but never really think much about. Stranded there are best friends Sara (Twilight's Anna Kendrick) and Jillian (Lost's Tania Raymonde, best known these days for being Jeff Goldblum's girlfriend; he's 56 and she's 21). Sara is the bookish, thoughtful type who just bears life; Jillian will do anything to get out, including putting nearly-naked pictures of herself on a social networking site (obviously modeled on Myspace) in order to meet someone who will take her away. All looks great when she starts talking about a secret admirer she calls "Mr. X", until she disappears from a party one night. Sara, with the aid of her computer-geek friend Jasper (Senior Skip Day's Chuck Carter), must figure out what happened to her, and whether she's even still alive. (This may not be the case; it seems young ladies have a habit of going missing in this town.)

First off, the script doesn't even bother throwing in a red herring; you'll know who the bad guy is fifteen minutes into this movie (and at that point you don't even know there is a bad guy unless you've read the jacket copy). Revealing character names for the win! (In fact, the name gives away a very important plot point...) But by the time you hit that, it doesn't surprise you; Hope's script takes a list of mystery clichés, combines it with a list of Internet clichés, and mixes the whole thing into a thin, unpalatable, smelly stew obviously meant as a cautionary tale about Internet dating. It ends up being an unintentionally hysterical parody of movies like Reefer Madness, but updated for the instant-gratification Internet generation. You'll see every plot twist coming, not that it's hard through such paper-thin characters. I think the only reason this movie has gotten any publicity whatsoever is the presence of one of the stars of Twilight. Trust me; that's not nearly enough to save it from the obscurity it so richly deserves. Good for a laugh, but not much else. *


4/5 A Tense, Suspenseful Missing-Person Drama
  by The Movie Man (Maywood, New Jersey USA)
"Elsewhere" focuses on long-time best friends Sarah (Anna Kendrick) and Jillian (Tania Raymonde). Though both grew up in the same small Indiana town, the two girls are total opposites. Sarah is a topnotch student and athlete, while Jillian is an underachieving troublemaker. Both girls want desperately to break free from boring small-town life, but Sarah is shocked to discover that Jillian has started meeting anonymous men through the Internet in order to find someone who will show her some excitement. Soon after this revelation, Jillian disappears, leaving behind only her journal and a video message sent from her cell phone. Determined to find her friend, Sarah enlists the aid of Jasper (Jon Gries), resident computer genius, who secretly has a crush on her. Their search, however, leads them to discover why no one wants Jillian found.
"Elsewhere" has elements of assorted thrillers in which innocents get involved in circumstances way above their heads. As the film progresses, suspense heightens and there are a few good scare moments. Ms. Kendrick does a competent job. You believe her as bright, level-headed, and thoughtful, and she does convey that all-important thriller movie ingredient -- escalating fear. Bonus features include deleted scenes, photo gallery, director and producer audio commentary, and a making-of featurette.

1/5 Elsewhere - Blu-ray Info
  by LGANS316 (Tokyo Japan)
Version: U.S.A / E1 Entertainment / Region A
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-25 / AACS
Running time: 1:46:11
Feature size: 21,778,470,912 bytes
Disc size: 23,732,199,856 bytes
Total bit rate: 27.35 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 22.99 Mbps

DTS-HD Master Audio English 2103 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2103 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio English 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps

Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Number of chapters: 16

#Audio Commentary with director and producer
#The Road to Elsewhere
#6 deleted scenes
#Photo gallery
#Theatrical trailer

5/5 Great cast, Great movie
  by May Sparkles (Edina, MN United States)
This movie is an awesome and suspenseful teen thriller. I really got into the story and though the cast was great. Anna Kendrick, Jon Gries, SO GOOD! But Olivia York, new to the film scene, is such a star on the rise! And her eyes are so blue! So gorgeous! Watch this movie!