# "Missing" - Netflix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix, movies\ **Created:** [June 2, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908 "2023-06-02T11:39:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/1 "2023-06-02T11:39:04Z")
This Netflix movie, starring a fine young actress, is about a teenager whose mother and boyfriend never return from a trip to Columbia. She embarks on a crusade to find out what happened, and the truth is full of twists, turns, and surprises! I strongly recommend it but, if you watch it, make sure you are wide awake and alert! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/2 "2023-06-02T12:06:08Z")
Watched it last week and absolutely loved it. I thought the style of filming (everything is shown on people’s screens) would be distracting, but it really worked. I did not anticipate the big reveal. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/3 "2023-06-02T12:18:09Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > the style of filming (everything is shown on people’s screens) What do you mean by this? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/4 "2023-06-02T12:25:13Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > What do you mean by this? She is a teenager at home and everything that happened transpired remotely, so all her research, contacts and general efforts had to be done via her computer. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/5 "2023-06-02T12:30:10Z")
Yes, and cellphone screens are used to advance the story as well. Very cool technique. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/6 "2023-06-02T12:54:18Z")
Is it purely fictional, or a “based on a true story” production? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/7 "2023-06-02T12:58:51Z")
It is fictional, but the online methodologies and social media she used were accurately portrayed. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/8 "2023-06-02T14:31:35Z")
I’m not threadshitting, but I will voice a contradictory opinion. I found this movie boring and disappointing. It is a spiritual sequel to “Searching”, but I found Searching to be the much better movie. It’s hard to put my finger on it, but this movie just never grabbed me. I did not love Searching, but it was good and if you liked Missing, you should see the movie they made before it. Everything is on screen in that one, too. > **[Searching (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_(film))** > > Searching is a 2018 American screenlife mystery thriller film directed by Aneesh Chaganty in his feature debut, written by Chaganty and Sev Ohanian and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. Set entirely on computer screens and smartphones, the film follows a father (John Cho) trying to find his missing 16-year-old daughter (Michelle La) with the help of a police detective (Debra Messing). This was the first mainstream Hollywood thriller headlined by an Asian-American actor. > A co-production between the ... ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/9 "2023-06-02T14:36:31Z")
Yes! I knew there was another movie that used screens. Maybe I’ll watch it now. I started watching it but found the screen thing too much of a gimmick, so I only saw the first few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/10 "2023-06-02T15:22:13Z")
I enjoyed this movie but found the ending disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/11 "2023-06-02T15:23:00Z")
I’d ask you to elaborate, but that would be a spoiler. The whole charm of this movie is not knowing what’s going to happen next. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/12 "2023-06-02T15:24:58Z")
I really liked the style of the movie but did not like “who done it”. Felt like a weak twist, to me. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/13 "2023-06-02T15:26:43Z")
How come? Never tweak my curiosity. My dad found that out when I was little. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/14 "2023-06-02T17:05:46Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > She is a teenager at home and everything that happened transpired remotely, so all her research, contacts and general efforts had to be done via her computer. So basically like that one episode of _Modern Family_? > **[Connection Lost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Lost)** > > "Connection Lost" is the sixteenth episode of the sixth season of the American sitcom Modern Family, and the series' 136th episode overall. It originally aired on February 25, 2015. The episode was written by Steven Levitan & Megan Ganz, and directed by Steven Levitan. > In the episode, Claire waits for her flight back home while trying to get in touch with Haley after a fight they had. Not being able to reach her, she asks everyone where she might be and a series of events and revelations lead he... ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-netflix/984908/15 "2023-06-02T19:51:01Z")
i watched it last weekend. i thought it was good.