Missing (2012)
ABC | Release Date: March 15, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
13
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyMar 15, 2012
Season 1 Review: As drama it has a few holes and clearly a lot of backstory that will unspool at its own pace....But the narrative is crisp, fast and easy to follow. Read full review
60
Boston GlobeSarah RodmanMar 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: It may not be groundbreaking, but for Judd fans, Missing isn't the worst way to lose an hour. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayMar 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Nice locales (Paris! Rome!), a couple of decent action sequences... but otherwise a tepid potboiler over-seasoned with too many spy tropes and a plot with too many gaping holes. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyKen TuckerMar 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: The international settings are pretty and Judd does her damnedest with what she's got, but Missing's tough-mom role and poorly paced, unsuspenseful suspense scenes make the series hard to root for. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkMar 16, 2012
Season 1 Review: Missing's clue unraveling is barely believable when it's not simply preposterous. Read full review
50
PopMattersLesley SmithMar 15, 2012
Season 1 Review: Despite pacy editing, superb action choreography, and location shooting across Europe, the whole turns out to be yet another re-run of that updated Western, 24, which pits an arrogant outlaw protagonist against friend and foe alike. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraMar 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: What viewers are left with, then, are some excellent fight and chase scenes, an outstanding supporting cast (who, alas, only highlight the main character's deficiencies) and a lot of truly beautiful location work. It may be enough, but it could, and should, have been so much more. Read full review
50
RedEyeCurt WagnerMar 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: Missing barely winks at the silliness it slings. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverMar 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: It prefers action at points where it could really stand to slow down and build out a slightly more creative story. It's the very definition of a guilty-pleasure series. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert BiancoMar 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: A supremely silly series that takes itself incredibly seriously. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryMar 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Aside from the fact spying and parenting don't mix, though, there's nothing fresh about Missing. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzMar 15, 2012
Season 1 Review: The premiere boasts intriguing hints of self-awareness but never quite follows through on them, and that's too bad. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike HaleMar 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: Missing, created by the screenwriter Gregory Poirier, isn't a particularly good show. The dialogue is mostly wooden, and the plot, through two episodes, is standard spy-story stuff. Read full review
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