Searching

    Searching
    2018

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • John ChoDavid Kim
    • Michelle LaMargot Kim
    • Debra MessingDetective Vick
    • Joseph LeePeter
    • Sara SohnPamela Nam Kim
    • Briana McLeanAbigail
    • Erica JenkinsHannah Pardy
    • Connor McRaithIsaac
    • Dominic HoffmanMichael Porter
    • Ric SarabiaRandy Cartoff

    Recommendations

    • 91

      Original-Cin

      For a film where every single scene is rigidly contained within a screen — framed by an iPhone FaceTime chat, a laptop exchange, TV image, home movie or security camera surveillance — Searching has a surprising sense of momentum.
    • 90

      Variety

      Cutting to the emotional core of what social media says about us, the result is as much a time capsule of our relationship to (and reliance upon) modern technology as it is a cutting-edge digital thriller.
    • 86

      The Verge

      Search is shockingly effective, not just in creating a sense of constant, palpable tension, but also in the way it pulls off authentic, effective emotional beats.
    • 83

      IndieWire

      Despite the specificity of its story and the manner in which its told, the issues at hand remain universal, including David’s struggle to connect with his child and the way paranoia can make even the best friends into the worst enemies.
    • 83

      The Playlist

      Chaganty and co-writer Sev Ohanian deliver wonders on both the technical and narrative ends of Search, but editors Will Merrick and Nick Johnson do an astounding job as well.
    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Impressively, first-time filmmaker and former Google commercials creator Aneesh Chaganty has also made a real movie, the story of a family that morphs into a crime drama that gradually ratchets up the tension as all good thrillers must, one that’s well constructed and acted as well as novel in its storytelling techniques.
    • 75

      The Film Stage

      As the style begins to wear out its welcome, the promise of a resolution and nifty twist keep things nimble. Like a well-crafted paperback, Search never commits the cardinal sin of being boring.
    • 70

      Screen Daily

      The movie’s arresting visual conceit has enough flexibility to sustain interest, even if the story’s twists and turns sometimes feel excessively fiendish.

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