Lately, I keep seeing that searching has booked titles like Best Mystery Movie 2018 on my social media, but, sorry, as a Mystery Movie, I find it pretty average. However, it may be a successful family film, warm but sharp.
The story tells the story of a Korean family living in Northern California. His mother died of cancer. His father, David Kim, grew up alone with his daughter. He thought he knew his daughter (Margot) very well. However, one day, the daughter disappeared mysteriously without leaving any clues. During the process of searching for the daughter, the father gradually discovered through his daughter's social media that the proud girl had become "unfamiliar"...
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The story begins with a third-party operating a computer and reviews the family history of the Kim family. A conscientious and responsible father, a beautiful and gentle mother, a lovely and smart child, even if they had suffered severe damage from cancer, the family joined hands to fight against the disease and finally succeeded, a happy family. Until my mother's cancer recurred, deteriorated, and passed away...
"I KNOW HER"
The father grew up alone with his 13-year-old daughter. The father loved his daughter very much. Sweetheart often talked about it and was proud of her until social media broke the father's "conceit".
His Sweetheart is a socialite
But Margot has been eating alone all the time. In the eyes of friends, he is unsocial and withdrawn, compared to social life.
I prefer to go to the lake alone to let go of myself.
His Sweetheart loves the piano and trains on time every week
And Margot dropped out of class half a year ago and anonymously traded piano fees online.
His Sweetheart loves watching The Voice with him every Tuesday
And Margot prefers to talk to him about mom on a Tuesday
His Sweetheart loves Twitter and Facebook
And Margot shows his daily life on Tumblr Po, live broadcast
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My dad always picks out the carrots for me at mealtimes
He doesn't know, I started eating carrots 3 years ago
"I Thought It's Better For Her"
The death of the mother is a common wound in the heart of the father and daughter, and the father has been deliberately not mentioning it.
Afraid to text my daughter, "Mom would be proud of u"
Daughter's Facebook-linked email is mother's iCloud
On my mother's birthday, I deliberately asked my daughter to see the good voice
The daughter just wants to talk about her mother with her father on this day
Find the mother's love recipe and choose to hide it in the computer
But the daughter prefers to go to her uncle and eat the "mother's taste" again
Kimchi soup
I don’t want to mention my mother’s past in front of my daughter, so I can only sit silently in front of the computer and watch the past videos
The background of the daughter's computer desktop is a photo with her mother
･･･
"Dad, do you miss mom?"
“The food was delicious tonight”
"Ah? Yes, I think so too~"
"Do you have any plans for tomorrow?"
The scars can't be seen when they are covered......?
"Sweatheart, Let Mom Take Care Of This, Please"
She knew she was a police officer and could know the law and break the law in order to protect her son
She knew her son didn't mean it, so she covered everything for it
She knows all the truth, so she keeps silent in front of her father
She knew what was going to happen in prison, so she did everything for her son
she knew she was a mother
But she didn't know he was 17 years old
Dad is careful, turning a thousand words into one sentence, call me back when you have a signal
Daughter hesitated, opened several times, but finally turned into "I'll be there, dad"
From exclamation point to period
cautiously
Be careful
because
I love you much
......
......
Well, I know, me too
As for the suspense I don't think it works:
The whole story unfolds gradually as the father searches for his daughter. 16-year-old flower girl, mysterious disappearance, bereaved family, the other side of the girl under social media, the drug-addicted uncle... As a suspenseful movie, the first half of the movie is covered with gimmicks, successfully grabbing the audience's attention force.
However , as a suspense movie, I think its suspense stalks are not exciting and detailed enough. For example, the father's face recognition technology is comparable to AI, and everyone's private number must be found in every search and it is accurate...
The camera has been given to the murderer many times, and it is easy for viewers with a little basic viewing experience to guess who the murderer is in the end. For me, knowing who the murderer is and my viewing experience has reduced the general pleasure. It's like a math test, pushing the process with the answers, and even if you get a full score in the end, you don't feel how good you are.
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