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Searching

2018

Aneesh Chaganty

John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La, Sara Sohn

6.7

12,747

Thriller. Mystery After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her. A thriller that unfolds entirely on computer screens.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Intricately designed and innovatively told (...) Chaganty’s smartest move was to ground the story in something so human as a strong father-daughter relationship."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] is well constructed and acted as well as novel in its storytelling techniques (...) 'Searching' delivers dramatic satisfactions in addition to technical sophistication."	POS
United States	Jordan Ruimy The Playlist	"[A] touching and tense movie worthy of Hitchcock (...) Despite the aforementioned 'gimmick', Chaganty’s movie is very much cinematic."	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"[It] reaches way beyond its initial gimmick to deliver an engrossing ride (...) Chaganty keeps the tension high"	POS
United States	Derek Smith Slant	"The film suddenly and unfortunately morphs into a generic and manipulative missing-person thriller (...) Chaganty creates a palpable and growing tension (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Brian Gallagher IGN	"[It drops] just enough breadcrumbs to let us form our own story (...) 'Searching' isn't just a gimmick movie. It delivers the goods."	POS
United States	Dan Mecca The Film Stage	"Thankfully, it’s always entertaining, often funny, and ultimately enjoyably ridiculous (...) Cho anchors it all with an impressive range and constant vigor."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"The movie’s arresting visual conceit has enough flexibility to sustain interest (...) 'Searching' creates a dynamic visual language"	POS

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