Searching
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SEARCHING is a smart thriller, told with ingenuity and newness the likes I’ve never seen before (two other films used this computer screen storytelling technique, but failed where SEARCHING succeeded) . SEARCHING ushers film noir into the modern age with great deftness and acuity.We’ve seen many films where a father is searching for his missing daughter (there is a place for Liam Neeson’s over the top films like Taken, but they’re eye candy whose purpose is entertainment as a respite from the grind of daily life.)SEARCHING, on the other hand, requires viewer participation, which all great filmmakers understand. For the ending to be plausible, you must think back and remember certain characters’ actions and statements. NOTHING is shown in this story that is not used. That was one of Hitchcock’s rules and director Aneesh Chaganty understands this rule and stuck to it,helping his rather quickly unfolding ending make sense.-DLB
Because it feels kind of self aggrandizing. But screw it, I have to tell someone because this is the most clever, thought provoking, and original film I have seen in a long time. A rare thanks to G**gle, F***book, A**le, et al. for allowing the use of their services and products to be depicted in the film. It added a feeling of authenticity to the unique point of view of the protagonist that wouldn’t have worked without it. I felt like I was watching two stories being told at once, one dealing with current events and one dealing with the past, and the way it is related is thoroughly unique; I’d ruin the experience by attempting to explain this flick but the way this film uses something so simple as an anguished father interacting with technology to create a lot of subtext, back story, emotion, and a mountain of suspense had me riveted to the screen the whole way. I think of myself as pretty hard to deceive with surprise twists and turns in the plot of a movie but this one got me many times, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Maybe enjoyed is the wrong word.- BRIAN
Searching is one of the best new thriller’s that will become a new classic by today’s generation and standards. This movie starts off at a fast pace and then goes all out where you can’t help, but be glued down and on the edge of your seat from beginning to end! John Cho did an amazing acting job in this movie also! I hate spoiling movie’s, so, I’m not going to say anymore because I’m sure everyone who is interested in this movie, may already know a little bit about the movie, but you will DEFINITELY not see the uber, awesome, twist ending coming. You might think you got this movie figured out when you watch it like me, but I swear you won’t figure it out until they show you everything. Don’t hesitate to buy this, it will definitely be one to watch many times. The one and only thing that sort of bothered me, was, watching this movie (102 minutes long) in all computer windows, camera’s, and cell phones. They tried doing the same thing to that other movie “Open Windows” with Elijah Wood. It didn’t seem to work out that good for that, movie, but it seemed to work better here for some reason. I hope you enjoy this suspenseful, thriller as much as I did.- Rich Whitcomb
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Actors: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La
Directors: Aneesh Chaganty
Producers: Timur Bekmambetov, Adam Sidman, Natalie Qasabian, Sev Ohanian
Format: Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Audio Description: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: November 27, 2018
Digital Copy Expiration Date: December 31, 2020
Run Time: 102 minutes
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars 596 customer reviews
ASIN: B07G1YPK53
