Disappearing Acts the movie - brief movie review

Disappearing Acts the movie stars the actress Sanaa Lathan as the character Zora, named after the author Zora Neale Hurston and actor Wesley Snipes as the character Franklin.

Zora considers Franklin to have a very “dignified” name and questions “ruin”ing his name by calling him Frankie, his preferred nickname.

Zora moves into a refurbished brownstone in Brooklyn, New York and Franklin helps her with moving her belongings in. He, himself was employed by a contractor to complete some of the work on the brownstone especially the wood flooring. It is on this day that Zora and Franklin are meeting for the first time. Zora and Franklin make plans to meet up again the very next day. Although he is late with that meeting, Franklin does eventually show up and catches Zora grabbing her dinner at a Chinese food takeout restaurant. She is annoyed because she felt like she was stood up by him for hours but soon he gets her to warm up to him.

It is not long before Zora and Franklin have a budding romance. They have a strong chemistry and are very romantic with each other but they also enjoy being goofy together and playing games such as scrabble.
Zora is a school teacher with aspirations of being a successful singer / songwriter as well. Franklin supports her in her dreams and even buys her a piano as a gift, although he is struggling financially.

It eventually turns out that both Zora and Franklin are keeping secrets from each other. Zora struggles with the medical condition Epilepsy and is embarrassed in the aftermath of Franklin witnessing her have a seizure. She later explains to him that most of the men that she tries to have relationships with have not been able to handle seeing her in that condition. Franklin sweetly and compassionately shows her that he is not like that and that he is there for her.

Franklin also keeps secrets from Zora that are very difficult for her to deal with when they are revealed.
There are lessons to be learned here about truthfulness and full disclosure in relationships. Honesty can prevent so much heartbreak. For Zora, there is a lot of settling for a less than ideal scenario. Zora and Franklin have a romance but it is far from a fairytale romance. There are many ups and downs and dramatic moments within their story...