Review of The Missing Picture (2013) by Alwayswatching — 14 May 2014

The missing picture is a an eye opening movie to the atrocities that happened in the 1970's in Cambodia. The story is narrated in a stop motion way with small clay-made figures but the figures never move. Despite the inherent unrealistic sense that a clay figures generally impose on a movie, The Missing Picture does not fail to capture the horrendous crimes shown in this movie.

The movie is well directed and the narrator voice adds a personal connection to the story. This movie is heartbreaking, and provocative at the same time. It is very easy to emotionally manipulate the audience when the story of a movie is heartbreaking but the Missing Picture does not manipulate the audience. It opens a window to one of the darkest periods in history of mankind. This window is eye-opening and discomforting but reminds us of what we are capable of doing once we ignore the basic rights and dignity of individuals.