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.
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
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.
Director and cast
- Costa-Gavras Director
- Jack Lemmon as Ed Horman
- Sissy Spacek as Beth Horman
- John Shea as Charles Horman
- Melanie Mayron as Terry Simon
- Charles Cioffi as Ray Tower
- David Clennon as Consul Phil Putnam
- Richard Venture as U.S. Ambassador
- Jerry Hardin as Sean Patrick
- Richard Bradford as Andrew Babcock
- Joe Regalbuto as Frank Teruggi
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Lemmon is superior as a man facing up to issues he never wanted to confront personally.
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.
This movie might have really been powerful, if it could have gotten out of its own way.
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.
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