SummaryWhen an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.
Directed By:Costa-Gavras
Written By:Costa-Gavras, Donald E. Stewart, Thomas Hauser, John Nichols
Missing
Metascore
Generally Favorable
78
User score
Generally Favorable
6.8
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
78
80% Positive
8 Reviews
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20% Mixed
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100
Missing, which should easily turn out to be one of the year's best films, is essentially the taut, moving story of three people, two countries and one institution. [13 Feb 1982]
90
Missing is Mr. Costa-Gavras's most beautifully achieved political melodrama to date, a suspense-thriller of real cinematic style, acted with immense authority by Jack Lemmon, as Charles Horman's father, Ed Horman, and Sissy Spacek as Charles's wife, Beth.
80
Lemmon is superior as a man facing up to issues he never wanted to confront personally. Edgy and belligerent most of the time, Spacek is more constrained but she's fully believable.
80
Though Costa-Gavras clearly has a political axe to grind, he manages to do so without haranguing the viewer, keeping the film's focus on his characters and masterfully building tension as the story moves toward its stinging resolution.
75
By the time Missing begins its crucial last half-hour, a strange thing has happened. We care about this dead American, and his wife and father, almost despite the movie. The performances of Spacek and Lemmon carry us along through the movie's undisciplined stylistic displays.
60
Costa-Gavras's antipathy to Americans appears to be so deep-seated that he can't create American characters. The only real filmmaking is in the backgrounds: in the anxious, ominous atmosphere of a city under martial law -- the sirens, the tanks, the helicopters, the feeling of abnormal silences and of random terror.
50
This is a movie with an admittedly leftist slant. Some of the scenes are gruesome and powerful. But its politics are distracting, making the film less an artistic undertaking and more a political statement. [12 Feb 1982, p.11]
User score
Generally Favorable
6.8
71% Positive
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Nov 25, 2024
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Mouais bah, c’est un jeune trouduc qui a disparu dans un état d’Amérique du sud sous le joug tout-à-coup d’une dictature brutale… son père (américain) fait le déplacement pour tenter de retrouver son fils en compagnie de sa copine (la copine du trou de balle, toujours sur place)… pendant qu’on dort (déjà) devant le film. Bon, c’est vrai, il paraît que c’est tiré d’une histoire vraie mais si on est vraiment intéressé, on regarde directement un documentaire, de préférence bien documenté. Pas cette espèce de film à dormir debout, bien plus chiant qu’un documentaire de base. Il faut dire que le gars Costa-Gavras adore dénoncer ici et là dans ses films et il a (souvent) bien raison… Mais qu’est-ce qu’il peut être chiant quand il s’y met, quand même ! franchement, c’est lourd, c’est d’une lourdeur ce machin de deux plombes qui semble en durer six (environ) ! d’ailleurs, j’ai laissé le bousin tourner, je suis allé couler deux bronzes (à la suite), puis je suis revenu : on en était toujours au même point : ils n’avaient toujours pas retrouvé le trou du cul ! celui qui faisait le mariole devant les militaires au début… Mais bon enfin bref, on ne va pas y passer la nuit ni épiloguer outre-mesure, puisqu’on a déjà arrêté ce film de merde, de toute façon. Et ouvert la poubelle. Et hop, porté disparu !
Production Company:
- Polygram Filmed Entertainment
- Universal Pictures
- Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.
Release Date:Mar 12, 1982
Duration:2 h 2 m
Rating:PG
Tagline: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.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 5 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations




























