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  • Summary: John Rosow is a private detective hired to tail a man, Harold Fullmer, on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers Harold’s identity as a missing person. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing Harold back to his wife in New York City against his will. Ultimately Rosow must confront whether the decision to return Harold to a life that no longer exists is the right one. (Strand Releasing)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    75
    Rising star Michael Shannon makes a riveting shamus hired to chase a runaway husband in the quiet but resonant little noir The Missing Person.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    60
    Despite honoring noir genre conventions, Buschel also draws upon his fertile imagination in dialogue and in storytelling that allows his film gradually to accrue meaning.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Nicolas Rapold
    60
    It's Shannon's slow, steady world of hurt that makes the film watchable.

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  1. LeroyJ
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    Wonderful, unique take on noir.
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