A proper edge-of-your-seat thriller to enjoy at home this week!
When this movie arrived in Irish and UK cinemas in April 2023, we called it “exactly the kind of movie Netflix would kill for”, all these months later, Missing is finally available to watch at home… but not on Netflix.
As we said in our review: “It is no coincidence that Missing kicks off with an episode of Unfiction, a made-up Netflix true-crime docu-series, retelling the events of 2018 movie Searching, to which Missing is a sort-of-but-not-really sequel. That is because this new thriller has the kind of murder-mystery plot that you could imagine that executives at Netflix would happily sign a deal with the devil to get the rights to.”
Missing is what called a “screenlife thriller”, where all of the action plays out on “screens” in the movie, i.e. laptops, phones, etc. And in the movie, a teenage girl (brilliantly played by The Last Of Us star Storm Reid) fears that her mother has been kidnapped while on holiday with her new boyfriend. Setting about getting help by any means necessary, she deep dives into her mother’s personal life in the process, unearthing some unsettling secrets along the way…
Missing became a commercial and critical hit upon cinematic release
Costing just $7 million to produce, Missing went on to make just shy of $50 million worldwide, becoming a little bit of a sleeper hit. It also scored a very decent 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics loving the overwhelming tension throughout the thriller:
The Film Threat – “A tight, taut mystery with incredible acting, this terrific film explores how our children use social networks. It has definitely opened my eyes to the possibilities of online sleuthing, and I highly recommend this film to anyone.”
Empire – “A gripping, well-told, incredibly watchable thriller for a new generation of TikTok sleuths – and a compelling argument to up your average screen-time.”
The Hollywood Reporter – “Missing succeeds at maintaining a propulsive, nail-biting atmosphere and overcoming the boredom of its conventional narrative beats by treating each tool – Gmail accounts, iPhone photos and company websites – as a deeply layered puzzle, one that gathers and offers more information than most people realise.”
Missing is available to watch at home right now on Sky Cinema or with a NOW Cinema Membership.
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