Searching (2018)
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
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Surprisingly incoherent and boring
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
'Searching' has to be one of the best films I have seen in a while that was a testament to real film-making, and not a CGI-fest.With inspired use of modern technology that the majority of the audience would be familiar with, 'Searching' takes you on a journey through the story of a modern-day family. So well done is this use of technology, that you are mentally and emotionally drawn into the tale, and experience the highs and lows, as well as the tension as the plot develops.'Searching' has a good storyline, which keeps you engaged from beginning to end and stands alone from the film's use of technology. The story and the use of technology to carry the story compliment one another very well.After I saw this movie, I heard many of my fellow movie-goers say to one another, 'That was a good!' And I totally agree!
Both the acting and the plot were great, i'd recommend this movie and watch it again
As the title says, it's well worth a watch. It takes the ever growing monster that is social media in its many forms and shows not only how it connects people, including impostors, and is intrusive in lives in ways the user never thinks but also can disconnect them from the people closest to them. John Cho does a solid job and continues to display his versatility and the run time means the film, which is well paced throughout and clever in its execution, never outstays it's welcome.
The story is told through the computer contents, social media postings, Skype conversations, surveillance footage etc. of the characters--a high-functioning but not perfect oriental-American family. The novelty of the technique reminds me of TIMECODE. This time, the novel technique is likely be imitated in documentary film making, if not dramatic film. It is indeed suspenseful and attention holding. I might eventually watch it several times on small screen, to pick up the missed details. The story is beyond improbable: i.e., far-fetched. Definitely not your father's FRESH OFF THE BOAT.