[***1/2 stars / *****]
Peter: You don’t think she’s involved
with anything serious?
with anything serious?
David Kim: I know my daughter.
Do we really know our near and dear ones? How much of social media interaction is a excuse to cover up who we really are? Are we projecting a person we are not, on social media, to gain acceptance and popularity?
Searching is a highly recommended mystery drama, a single father's relentless, race-against-time search for his missing teenage daughter, playing to the audience through every available online medium - FaceTime chats, Skype conversations, YouTube videos, Google searches, Instagram videos, etc.
The effect is both unique and arresting, grabbing on our attraction to bright screens and social media platforms.
Searching story
Widower David Kim (John Cho) lost his wife Pamela early and now his daughter Margot (Michelle La) is the love of his life. Everything seems happy and ordinary as usual when Margot leaves for a group study to her friend's house.
David is seen asleep when Margot tries calling him three times at night. In the morning David assumes that his daughter left early for school and it is only later that day, through some stunning revelations that David realizes that Margot is missing and calls the police.
Even as the investigation and search intensifies, David tries to reach out to Margot's contacts, and it becomes evident to him that he never really knew his daughter.
Searching review
Widower David Kim (John Cho) lost his wife Pamela early and now his daughter Margot (Michelle La) is the love of his life. Everything seems happy and ordinary as usual when Margot leaves for a group study to her friend's house.
David is seen asleep when Margot tries calling him three times at night. In the morning David assumes that his daughter left early for school and it is only later that day, through some stunning revelations that David realizes that Margot is missing and calls the police.
Even as the investigation and search intensifies, David tries to reach out to Margot's contacts, and it becomes evident to him that he never really knew his daughter.
Searching review
The Aneesh Chaganty-directed contemporary suspense drama keeps the audience guessing.The makers keep the mystery angle going, without overdoing how people have let technology create distances in relationships.
Written by Chaganty and Sev Ohanian, the climax is quite superb and believable, bringing the story to a satisfactory conclusion. Perhaps the ending is a bit too appeasing, but most of us will take it.
The 'screens only' treatment takes some bite off an impressive thriller. Shots of computer screes, logos, buttons and icons establish familiarity, some 'off-screen' shots may have rendered Searching as a deeper cinematic experience.
Searching is an achievement in the contemporary suspense drama genre and a must-watch for the urban cell phone magnet generation.
Written by Chaganty and Sev Ohanian, the climax is quite superb and believable, bringing the story to a satisfactory conclusion. Perhaps the ending is a bit too appeasing, but most of us will take it.
The 'screens only' treatment takes some bite off an impressive thriller. Shots of computer screes, logos, buttons and icons establish familiarity, some 'off-screen' shots may have rendered Searching as a deeper cinematic experience.
Searching is an achievement in the contemporary suspense drama genre and a must-watch for the urban cell phone magnet generation.
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