A compelling and riveting mystery that weaves in and out using today’s social media to help tell the story of a missing teenage girl. A single and recently widowed father has a close relationship with his daughter. He keeps tabs on her and is probably overprotective. When she suddenly disappears, he contacts the police, but to no avail is there any resolution so he takes things on himself and delves into his daughter’s laptop and learns that maybe she doesn’t know her that well. The story is absolutely engrossing. Everything is spelled out and as a viewer, you feel for the dad. But something isn’t quite right as the mystery unfolds. That’s when the story is at its best. John Cho is terrific as the Mr. Kim, the worried dad. He’s come along way since playing a stoner in the “Pie” & “Kumar” films. Debra Messing is the officer on the case, as she does a good job too, but she may have been a bit of strange casting. The film has some twists and turns in it and if I have any complaints is that the resolution seemed a bit rushed, far fetched and doesn’t quite add up. I like movies that go in different directions as long as it makes sense. This one did for the most part just got a little fuzzy there. If I had seen this last year, it probably would’ve cracked my best of list.
Rating (***1/2)
Eric at the Movies 