Searching

PG-13 7.6
2018 1 hr 42 min Drama , Thriller , Mystery

After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.

  • Cast:
    John Cho , Michelle La , Debra Messing , Joseph Lee , Sara Sohn , Briana McLean , Erica Jenkins

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Reviews

Pacionsbo
2018/08/24

Absolutely Fantastic

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Voxitype
2018/08/25

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

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Nayan Gough
2018/08/26

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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Raymond Sierra
2018/08/27

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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kirbysomething
2018/08/28

Both the acting and the plot were great, i'd recommend this movie and watch it again

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marklakey
2018/08/29

This film was utter dross. I saw this as a preview screening perk perk with my unlimited cinema package. I left the cinema after 40 minutes. If watching someone have text chats, with all the drama of pondering whether to use an exclamation mark or a full stop, (yes, that happens), and look things up on a laptop is your thing, then this is the movie for you. Garbage. Worst film I've (part) seen this year and the first one I've abandoned in ages. I couldn't care less what happened to his daughter, and I couldn't bear any more of the slow paced internet searching.

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joe-curran3
2018/08/30

As the title says, it's well worth a watch. It takes the ever growing monster that is social media in its many forms and shows not only how it connects people, including impostors, and is intrusive in lives in ways the user never thinks but also can disconnect them from the people closest to them. John Cho does a solid job and continues to display his versatility and the run time means the film, which is well paced throughout and clever in its execution, never outstays it's welcome.

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Red-Barracuda
2018/08/31

This is a thriller which can certainly be accurately described as original. It takes a fairly typical suspense story about a recently widowed father whose daughter vanishes one night and presents it in a most unique way. The whole film plays out on the computer screen via programs such as Facetime, iMessage, Gmail, Tumblr, Facebook, etc. In this way, it reflects the reality that so many people now live, given that so many nowadays are literally never off their devices. In this way, the film is completely relevant and taps into a scenario most will be able to clearly identify with. The conceit is also terrific in that it accentuates the mystery element of the story, where we stumble upon clues via the various social media platforms. The very limitations of the set-up ultimately amplify the material and take it to another level. I found it to be one of the most original, gripping and compelling thrillers I have seen in quite a while. Lead actor John Cho must be credited too with giving a strong central performance as the grieving father, with some good additional work from Debra Messing as the detective assigned to the case. All-in-all, a fantastic bit of work.

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