Lemmon temporarily abandons the comic performances that made his name to deliver a tour-de-force of considerable power...
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05/24/03
Missing (1982)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:25
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Director Constantin Costa-Gavras made his English-language film debut with this political thriller, based on a true story. Although the nation depicted is never named directly, the action clearly... [More]
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, John Shea, Melanie Mayron
Director: Costa Gavras
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Reviews for Missing
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.
03/29/09
Some tragic and disturbing films stick with you, long after you’ve seen them, filling you with dread and a wish that they don’t represent real life.
06/14/03
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02/27/04
engrossing, fascinating, and endlessly tragic.
12/23/08
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10/09/05
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02/13/06
Terrific work from Lemmon and Spacek highlights Costa Gavras' American debut.
03/21/05
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05/28/04
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.
06/24/06
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
06/12/07
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04/07/04
Costa-Gavras's emotionally riveting and thought-provoking 1982 film still has the power to shake viewers out of their indifference to Latin America.
01/24/02
"designed to shake you up, and it succeeds"
07/29/02
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.
10/24/08
Time has not only been kind to the film, but has, -- unfortunately -- made it relevant all over again.
09/20/06
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02/02/08
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12/23/02
A gutsy, surprising piece of work, a bold political tract that doubles proficiently as an interpersonal drama.
05/22/04
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