Sunday, December 11, 2022

Searching (2018)

Searching (2018)
Sony Pictures Rising etc.
August 31, 2018
Mystery
DVD
B


One of the best contemporary mysteries I've ever seen, although not flawless.  (Messing sadly is not on Cho's level in this.)  It uses modern websites, apps, etc., to tell its story, without ever seeming gimmicky, and the title works on at least two levels, with Cho as the worried father searching on the Internet as he searches for his daughter.  That it is set in a modified version of a city I know well (San Jose, CA) adds to the feeling of heightened reality.  Aneesh Chaganty directed and co-wrote.

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