Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 1
Thanks in large part to strong performances by Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemmon, Missing is both a gripping character exploration and an effective political thriller.
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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 1
Thanks in large part to strong performances by Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemmon, Missing is both a gripping character exploration and an effective political thriller.
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Costa-Gavras's tense political drama opens in an unspecified South American country (though clearly intended to be Chile) in the throes of a military coup. American activist Charles Horman (John Shea), who has been a thorn in the side of the country's military ever since his arrival, suddenly disappears. In trying to find out what has happened, his wife Beth (Sissy Spacek) is stonewalled, not only by the ruling junta but by the American consulate. His father, staunchly patriotic Ed Horman (Jack
Feb 12, 1982 Wide
Nov 23, 2004
Universal Pictures
All Critics (27) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (1) | DVD (8)
A story that could have made for a brisk jeremiad on 60 Minutes is stretched to 122 minutes of heroes fuming and villains purring their oleaginous apologies. Spacek and Lemmon, an appealing sweet-and-sour combo, sink in the swamp of good intentions.
Lemmon is superior as a man facing up to issues he never wanted to confront personally.
This movie might have really been powerful, if it could have gotten out of its own way.
Among other things Missing does is to convince you that, next time, you're not going to waste your vote. The passive citizen is the citizen-victim.
A powerful, influential and tense political thriller based on a true story.
Though Costa-Gavras clearly has a political axe to grind, he manages to do so without haranguing the viewer, keeping the film's focus on his characters and masterfully building tension as the story moves toward its stinging resolution.
engrossing, fascinating, and endlessly tragic.
Lemmon and Spacek are the film's highlight... It's a winning formula, and it's too bad that there isn't more of it.
In Costa-Gavras's fact-inspired political melodrama, Jack Lemmon gives one of his strongest performances as a naive, conservative American who gets rude political awakening when his leftist son is executed with the tacit knowledge of the US government
Time has not only been kind to the film, but has, -- unfortunately -- made it relevant all over again.
Spacek and Lemmon are fine as the missing man's wife and father, but what makes the film so overwhelming in places is its unending night-time imagery of a society coming apart at the seams.
Terrific work from Lemmon and Spacek highlights Costa Gavras' American debut.
A gutsy, surprising piece of work, a bold political tract that doubles proficiently as an interpersonal drama.
Incredible performances by Jack Lemon and Sissy Spacek under Gavras' strong direction make this not much remembered film worthwhile.
June 27, 2011Super Reviewer
A heartbreaking, honest and emotional film, Lemmon and Spacek are exceptional!
September 25, 2009Super Reviewer
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