Missing (2023) (2023) poster
2023 · thriller · mystery

Missing (2023)

Directed by Will Merrick, Nicholas D. Johnson1h 51m2023
ElsewhereTMDB7.41k
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • twisty
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Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / mystery, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers... and when June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.

Our read · Missing (2023) (2023) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · mystery entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You enjoy screenlife thrillers with clever tech sleuthing and twists.

ends bittersweetit stays with youa rollercoastergrips by minute 8attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violence

Skip it tonightYou want easy watches without violence or kidnapping tension.

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DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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