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The Missing Person

2009 · 95 min

A quiet, brooding neo-noir that unfolds like a long train ride, heavy with regret and moral ambiguity.

Tagline: John Rosow is a private investigator. And an alcoholic. He just got the case of his life.
Overview: John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone he's never met to follow a middle-aged male subject on the soon-departing California Zephyr train to Los Angeles.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, tense and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, identity, isolation, morality
Content: Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
identity
isolation
morality
memory
Places: road trip
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild