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Missing

Charlie Horman thought that being an American would guarantee his safety. His family believed that being Americans would guarantee them the truth. They were all wrong.

1982 · 2h 3m · PG Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by Costa-Gavras

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Overview

Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.

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94%
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Rotten

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.

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh

Lemmon is superior as a man facing up to issues he never wanted to confront personally.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

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.

Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh

This movie might have really been powerful, if it could have gotten out of its own way.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

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.

Vincent Canby, New York Times

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