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Searching

2018 · 102 min

A taut, emotionally charged thriller told entirely through screens, keeping you glued as a father pieces together his daughter's secret life.

Tagline: No one is lost without a trace.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic and earnest. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Family, grief, isolation, deception
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
isolation
deception
parenthood
Places: suburbs
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: found footage
twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild