A Girl Missing
Film Movement | Release Date (Streaming): July 31, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Screen DailyLisa NesselsonJul 21, 2020
A deft and absorbing multi-pronged tale about a kind, hard-working woman whose life becomes a morass of collateral damage, A Girl Missing is satisfying slow-burn drama expertly told. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 25, 2020
Fukada has delivered another subtle, startling and demanding drama about lives upended in a country that rarely gives us any hint this sort of thing happens, a film built on stoic performances that give up their reserve when the worst kind of pressure is applied. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubBeatrice LoayzaJul 29, 2020
A Girl Missing feels torn between a slippery character study and a social thriller, and it suffers from the absence of the puzzle pieces it declines to reveal. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJul 21, 2020
Kôji Fukada adores stray textures that stick in the proverbial throat and free-associatively affirm his characters’ rootlessness. Read full review
58
The Film StageLeonardo GoiJul 21, 2020
A Girl Missing feels just as lost and hapless as its lead–more than on a quest for vengeance, a woman in search of a fully shaped self. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJul 21, 2020
A Girl Missing is a story about someone trying to make themselves whole again, but so much of its energy is spent on keeping her apart. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJul 30, 2020
This would be a very different movie in most other hands, and in many cases, a worse one. Still, there's something missing in this look at a happy life's destruction. Read full review
50
VarietyJay WeissbergJul 21, 2020
The intriguing ambiguity suffusing Kôji Fukada’s “Harmonium” returns to a certain degree in A Girl Missing, but this time the writer-director neglects to reinforce onscreen relationships, resulting in a disappointing and unmoving drama. Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJul 30, 2020
As he proved in his 2017 drama, “Harmonium,” Fukada excels at unfurling near-hysterical narratives in restrained, sometimes icily sterile scenes. But while the earlier film pulled us in, this one repels, its cloudy colors and depressing mood making us long for a single moment of joy. Read full review
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