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By Jonathan W. Hickman (551) for Daily Film Fix (355) on 29 Aug 2018

Making maximum use of audience familiarity with the dangers of social media, Searching succeeds in punching up a run-of-the-mill Lifetime movie-of-the-week…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 29 Aug 2018

Surprisingly effective for what could easily be labeled a “gimmick film,” Chaganty’s debut feature suspenser unfolds entirely onscreen…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 28 Aug 2018

With smarts, warmth, and humanity, this mystery that unfurls entirely on computer screens becomes an ode to the new digital lives we are all…

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By Tt Stern-Enzi (212) for Dayton CityPaper (53) on 28 Aug 2018

David is achingly human, eager and desperate, then driven to explosiveness, before bottoming out in his guilt…

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By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 28 Aug 2018

Searching is like a refreshed web page, a new take on something woefully familiar…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for Washington Post (9,851) on 28 Aug 2018

Like most mysteries, this one relies heavily on coincidental discoveries, even if they arrive via Gmail or FaceTime, rather than more traditional…

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By Kiko Martinez (245) for San Antonio Current (241) on 28 Aug 2018

Skeptical audiences might think a film like this would be limited by the method it chooses to tell its story, but with a smart script and a…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 28 Aug 2018

Searching, a pleasantly gimmicky movie, gets its power from something that isn't a gimmick at all: an actor's ability to simply and movingly…

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By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 28 Aug 2018

Searching ambitiously updates the worst nightmare scenario for parents in intriguing ways…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 28 Aug 2018

A missing-person thriller that holds your attention for awhile simply because of the unusual way it's told, but by the end it's literally gone…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 28 Aug 2018

Twisty thrills also result in a climactic pileup, a resolution that strains credibility...with a dynamic leading performance by Cho, Chaganty…

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By Aja Romano (35) for Vox (725) on 28 Aug 2018

Searching is also a powerful conversation starter…

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By Zehra Phelan (5) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 28 Aug 2018

John Cho leads and carries this film like his own personal project, his performance as a distraught father, paired with a smart plot has turned…

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By Olly Richards (291) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 28 Aug 2018

The smart visual trickery lifts what might otherwise have been a fairly conventional thriller, but it also lets Chaganty say some interesting…

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By Richard Von Busack (346) for MetroActive (325) on 28 Aug 2018

It's neither the first nor the best movie about living (and dying) online, but San Jose-raised filmmaker Aneesh Chaganty's thriller Searching…

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By Larushka Ivan-Zadeh (441) for Metro (UK) (700) on 28 Aug 2018

Twist upon twist is daringly and entertainingly contrived by exciting debut director Aneesh Chaganty,…

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By Cain Noble-Davies (18) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 27 Aug 2018

speaks uncomfortable but necessary truths about the Internet age in a way that forces the audience to pay attention…

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By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Perri Nemiroff (13) on 27 Aug 2018

A smart, riveting and powerful thriller that suggests the screen life format can add a lot to traditional cinematic storytelling…

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By Robert Daniels (336) for 812filmreviews (121) on 27 Aug 2018

We become lost within the frame. We suspend our disbelief not to see a film on a screen, but a film framed to a screen…

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By Chris Osterndorf (14) for The Daily Dot (155) on 27 Aug 2018

Searching is about the literal and metaphorical portals we open when we choose to live online, the negotiations between our public histories…

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