Sunday 1 March 2020

Searching (2018)

Solid mystery movie. The central conceit works well to modernise the beats of the story, and it manages to stretch to the needs of the narrative without totally breaking believability.
The acting styles and energy levels clash a little at times, some going so naturalistic as to feel flat, others getting a little too stagey for a computer screen. But overall the performances are sympathetic and technically impressive as they track emotional ups and downs mostly through webcams, and use eyelines to interact with other onscreen information without overdoing it.
By the end, the movie had totally pulled me in!
Rating: Good

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