2018 · thriller · mystery
Searching (2018)
Directed by Aneesh Chaganty1h 42m2018
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.
Our read: Searching (2018) (2018) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive thriller · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured thriller / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- twisty
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