Dann and I often spend our evenings cuddling and watching TV. Dann has all of these TV shows and movies he’s wanted to see from the last few years, but was unable to see them at the time, so we spend some time catching up. We both really enjoy thrillers, so recently we took a look at Searching – a movie about a dad who’s daughter has gone missing, but the entire movie is shot through different technology.
The family itself is one plugged into tech – as are most in this time. He texts his daughter, sending her pictures, video calling her from his computer and emails a lot of his family members. The moment his daughter goes missing, he starts digging around in social media to find out what she was really like, who her friends were and more. This depicts a bit of a sad story of a father who thought he knew his daughter when in fact, there were lots of strange behaviours he wasn’t aware of. After her mother died, the relationship between the father and daughter shifted to one where he was left in the dark.
Despite not really knowing his daughter, he continues to search, using the power of technology to aid an investigation that’s taking a lot of twists and turns. As he uncovers who his daughter seems to be, it starts to create a picture in our heads, but do not be swayed – there is more than meets the eye when it comes to this investigation – and leave the father too it, and he will discover it.
Searching is a very different type of movie, the pacing is very nice and the way everything is done on recorded PC screens, cameras that may not have the best angle or on telephones adds a lot to the story, showing just how connected we can all be, without knowing each other at all. Some portions of the show are just in text, but most are in voice or video, with others being going through emails and dragging items around.
Though Searching is marked as a Horror movie on Netflix, it doesn’t really fit the horror bill and nothing was actually that scary about it all – the category of thriller works much better for this movie.
If thrillers aren’t your thing and you’d rather check out a romantic comedy, Pieces of Liz has a great article for you to read on her most recent watch!
From the sounds of it, it does not seem like a horror movie. A thriller billing seems more appropriate.
The movie actually sounds rather intriguing. I’ll look it up for sure.
Yes, I agree, yet Netflix tagged it as horror!