2005 · drama · supernatural
Missing in America
Directed by Victor Landrie, Gabrielle Savage Dockterman, Gordon MacDonald1h 42m2005
A haunted Vietnam veteran, living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is faced with a life-changing decision after he is visited by a former platoon member and his young Amerasian daughter.
Our read: Missing in America (2005) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / supernatural, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
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