The inventive approach and the frantic energy of the storytelling elevate the picture above its slightly gimmicky formal device, though this film lacks the novelty value that made Searching such a talking point.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2023

The final act was one reveal too many, unfortunately, and a glib use of a serious subject matter doesn’t help.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 19, 2023

A gripping, well-told, incredibly watchable thriller for a new generation of TikTok sleuths — and a compelling argument to up your average screen-time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 17, 2023

If you were teaching a course on cyberstalking -- or, to put it more neutrally, online detective work -- you could do worse than show Missing in the first class.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 23, 2023

Though Missing has more serious subjects on its mind than just advocating for unique passwords and better digital hygiene, this is a highly engaging, slightly silly movie mystery made more for Gen Z than its predecessor was.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 21, 2023

Rarely has this generation of social media fanatics and tech heads been given their own film. This is their gift. A homage to their way of life.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 25, 2023

It pulls off the [same] impressive narrative highwire act but includes a couple twists too many.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 25, 2023

Missing recreates the "Vertigo shot" on a screen space filled with FaceTime and Google Tabs. It gets five stars just for that!

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 20, 2023

As a mystery, Missing has a cozy airport-fiction intrigue, like a Lois Duncan pageturner for a readership that swipes to turn pages.

| Jan 20, 2023

Not so much a sequel to 2018’s Searching as it is another tale of online moxie and resolve set in the same universe, Missing is a tensely enjoyable roller-coaster ride that had my eyes glued to the screen.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 20, 2023

It builds lightly on the original but is very much its own treat of a twisty thriller.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 20, 2023

It’s not exactly riveting to watch June download and install WhatsApp so that she can video call Colombia. Yet, there’s some pleasure in a brains-over-brawn quest that flatters us to fancy that we might be clever enough to solve it ourselves

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 20, 2023

Missing is a delightful surprise.

| Jan 19, 2023

It’s not a movie for you to turn off your brain, but rather, a movie to engage with the most primal parts of possessing a fundamental need for cheap entertainment.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 19, 2023

Screenlife may never be one of the primary ways we tell cinematic stories, but 'Missing' is a prime example of what the format is capable of, tapping into our increasingly digital humanity to excellent effect.

| Original Score: B | Jan 19, 2023

It’s entertaining enough to show that this particular series does have more battery life.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 19, 2023

That’s what makes movies like “Searching” and “Missing” so captivating. They’re not only high-concept thrillers featuring melodramatic acting... but they also feel authentic to the way we live, even in the outlandish moments.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 18, 2023

Missing runs too long, but mostly achieves what it sets out to do.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 18, 2023

"...despite being pretty much the same movie [as "Searching" but] with a different cast, 'Missing' manages to be fairly engaging."

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 18, 2023

[A] superbly constructed and satisfying thriller from the director-writer team of Will Merrick and Nick Johnson.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 18, 2023