Searching

David Kim’s daughter is missing. He can’t find out where she is until he finds out who she is.


Searching
A 16-year-old girl goes missing, and after 37 hours, the police still have no lead. Desperate, her dad decides to look in the one place no one has looked yet ... his daughter’s laptop. This leads him down the rabbit hole as he attempts to trace her digital footprints before she disappears forever.

105 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Violence, Drug abuse).
Detective/Mystery, Drama, Thriller
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Credits

Cast
John Cho, Sara Sohn, ALex Jayne Go, Megan Liu, Kya Dawn Lau, Michelle La, Joseph Lee
Director
Aneesh Chaganty
ScreenplayAneesh Chaganty, Sev Ohanian
MusicTorin Borrowdale
CinematographyJuan Sebastian Baron, Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick
EditingNicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2018
Produced byBazelevs Entertainment, Bazelevs Production

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreThriller
LanguageInfrequent, mild impact swearing.
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceFairly frequent, mild to moderate impact implied violence, including psychological violence.
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone (sic)
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly CautionedRated PG-13 for thematic content, some drug and sexual references, and for language
Runtime102
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
2
Violence
2
Blood / Gore / Gross
1
Guns / Weapons
1
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
3
Smoking
0
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
1
Frightening / Tense Scenes
3
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
5
Music (Scary/Tense)
4
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
5

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
13 +
Positive messages
3
Positive role models
3
Violence
3
Sex
2
Language
3
Consumerism
3
Drinking, drugs, smoking
3

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Die Burger
David Engelbrecht quote iconSpanning loop hoog terwyl pa kind soek.
10
24.com
Gabi Zietsman quote iconIf any filmmaker with a tight budget wants to dabble in this digital style of storytelling, Searching would be the best film to use as a case study and how to interweave the digital sphere with the plot.
15
ScreenIt
Jim Judy quote iconOverall, I liked the pic quite a bit, yet hope it doesn’t end up as one of the first of many of what could be a heavily copied and imitated cinematic storytelling form.
14
Metacritic.com
34 critics
14
Rottentomatoes critics
184 critics
15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconSearching’s timely premise and original execution are further bolstered by well-rounded characters brought to life by a talented cast.
19
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
14
CommonSenseMedia
Jeffrey M. Anderson quote iconDigital mystery satisfies on technical, emotional levels.
15

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
96 users
16
Rottentomatoes users
3607 users
18
IMDB
20871 Netizens
16
The Movie DB
Community
15

Average .. 75%

15

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