Searching
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2018
1h 42m
PG-13
English
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
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Searching
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
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Cast
David Kim
Margot
Detective Vick
Peter
Pamela Nam Kim
Abigail
Hannah
Isaac
Michael Porter
Randy Cartoff
Robert
Isaac's Mom (voice)
Radio Jockey
SVPD Homicide Agent
Young Margot (5 yrs)
Young Margot (7 yrs)
Young Margot (9 yrs)
911 Operator (voice)
Margot's Friend #1 (voice)
Margot's Friend #2 (voice)
Margot's Friend #7 (voice)
Margot's Friend #11 (voice)
Sadie (YouCast)
Cody (YouCast)
Mrs. Shahinian (voice)
Directed By: Aneesh Chaganty
Written By: Sev Ohanian, Aneesh Chaganty
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jinpirjin
CONTAINS SPOILERS/10 6 years ago
Searching is the new thriller directed by Aneesh Chaganty. Widowed father David Kim (John Cho) searches for his missing teenage daughter (Michelle La) with the help of multiple laptops and hard-talking detective Rosemary Vick (Debra Messing). All the action takes place on screens; the mystery unfold More
JonTheMantis
/10 4 years ago
I was not expecting this to be as intense as it was. Like, it was _Taken_-level intense, and the main character never really gets more involved in the search than browsing his daughter's search history.
If you were to strip away the "all told through a computer screen" aspect, it would just be a More
If you were to strip away the "all told through a computer screen" aspect, it would just be a More
Nathan
2 years ago
Searching is a mystery thriller film shot from the perspective of our main characters computer screen. In most movies of this nature, this is done as gimmick and does not feel natural in the story telling. But here, the technology is seamlessly integrated into the story where the two are inseparable More
Tejas Nair
4 years ago
Searching blew me away even though I saw it after Run, Aneesh Chaganty's later feature, and having heard and read everything about how similar Mahesh Narayan's c u soon is. The intensity of the plot, its unpredictability, and the conviction of the characters are what stood out for me in this unconve More
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