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The Missing Person
Metascore
57 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 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. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    75
    Overly fussy and self-conscious in its noir details. But in The Missing Person, Buschel makes striking use of the Mike Hammer/Philip Marlowe tradition.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    70
    Sluggish, stylized and frequently washed in a bilious green tint, The Missing Person is yet oddly irresistible.
  4. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Nicolas Rapold
    60
    It's Shannon's slow, steady world of hurt that makes the film watchable.
  5. 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.
  6. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    58
    Shannon's performance takes The Missing Person as far as it goes, but when a real-world tragedy commandeers the story, Buschel's thin pastiche falls to pieces.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Justin Lowe
    50
    A low-key mystery that's initially engaging but ultimately lacks sufficient intrigue to sustain interest.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    50
    An intriguingly plotted mystery that unfortunately forgets to put the noir in film noir. A drab, pale-looking affair without a trace of visual style, this cross-country pursuit yarn fights a losing battle to sustain viewer attention via narrative alone, so much does it flounder for lack of imagistic flair.
  9. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    40
    The film has been gesturing toward a profundity that isn't there.
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