Video review: The hunt goes online in 'Searching'

November 24, 2018 at 5:54AM
John Cho stars as David Kim in Screen Gems' SEARCHING.
John Cho is a distraught dad in “Searching.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The hunt goes online

"Searching" (⋆⋆⋆, PG-13) works as a smart and fascinating thriller and as a wonderfully creative way to tell a tale. John Cho plays the distraught single dad of a teenage girl who goes missing. As he searches for clues on social media, it's as if the viewer is seated at a computer screen next to him. Writer/director Aneesh Chaganty establishes a compelling story, spreads the clues in plain sight and brings it all together in a satisfying and tantalizing finale.

RICK BENTLEY, Tribune News Service

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