Review: June Allen’s mother has vanished during a vacation with her boyfriend in Colombia when “Missing” starts gaining steam. AP critic Mark Kennedy says “Missing” manages to make a film about small screens feel electric on a big one.
“Missing,” building off the related film “Searching” from 2018, manages to make a film about small screens feel electric on a big one. June stands shoulder to shoulder with all other civilians thrust into being world-class detectives, like Veronica Mars or Jessica Fletcher. It’s just the tools that have changed, and a noticeable lack of shoe leather that’s needed. June shows a real aptitude for guessing passwords and her cut-and-paste game is ferocious.
At one point we see June’s laptop screen — a mess of open Sticky Notes, Zillow listings, phone reverse look-ups, blocked Twitter tabs, MapQuest directions and new bookmarked contacts — and realize that what we’re looking at is the 2023 equivalent of the so-called “murder board,” that trusted collage of random suspect photos tacked onto a cork board and connected by twine. “Missing” doesn’t need twine — it’s a pure Gen-Z know-how flex.
There’s also a not-so-subtle lesson here about personal secrecy — or a lack thereof. June becomes a hacker, carefully testing passwords by knowing that users often repeat them across devices, and she accesses supposedly secure locations, like her mom’s profile on a fictional dating app. She goes through text logs as easily as court documents, and when she can’t figure out the password of something, she just hits the “Forgot Password” button and a new one is sent to her.
“Missing,” a Sony Pictures release exclusively in theaters Jan. 20, is rated PG-13 for “some strong violence, language, teen drinking and thematic material.” Running time: 111 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.MPAA Definition of PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
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