Lost Girls

Name: Lost Girls
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: March 13, 2020
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Amy Ryan, Ana Reeder, Austyn Johnson, Dean Winters, Gabriel Byrne

2020

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): March 13, 2020 | R

Starring: Amy Ryan, Ana Reeder, Austyn Johnson, Dean Winters, Gabriel Byrne, Grace Capeless, Haskiri Velazquez, Kevin Corrigan, Lola Kirke, Miriam Shor, Molly Brown, Oona Laurence, Reed Birney, Rosal Colon, Thomasin McKenzie

Summary: When 24-year-old Shannan Gilbert mysteriously disappears one night, her mother Mari (Amy Ryan) embarks on a dark journey that finds her face to face with hard truths about her daughter, herself, and police bias. Determined to find her daughter at all costs, Mari Gilbert retraces Shannan’s last known steps, driving her own investigation toWhen 24-year-old Shannan Gilbert mysteriously disappears one night, her mother Mari (Amy Ryan) embarks on a dark journey that finds her face to face with hard truths about her daughter, herself, and police bias. Determined to find her daughter at all costs, Mari Gilbert retraces Shannan’s last known steps, driving her own investigation to an insular gated community near the desolate outer banks of Long Island. Her discoveries force law enforcement and the media to uncover more than a dozen unsolved murders of sex workers, young lives Mari will not let the world forget.… Expand

Director: Liz Garbus

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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86	#86 Most Discussed Movie of 2020

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Owen Gleiberman

Jan 31, 2020

In Lost Girls, Liz Garbus takes the serial-killer thriller and turns it on its head, insisting that we see the victims as larger than the crimes that destroyed them. Read full review

David Edelstein

Mar 13, 2020

Garbus brings off something extraordinary in a film that sets out to leave us sad, enraged, and profoundly unsatisfied. Lost Girls makes us want to rethink our need for a certain kind of closure in a world that has so little of it. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Jan 29, 2020

While this isn't another Garbus documentary, she’s made a film with all the power of great non-fiction storytelling, and found a way to make the emotional message of this story hit home in a way that it wouldn’t have otherwise. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Mar 12, 2020

Garbus’ film is at its best when giving voice to the female relatives of these victims, who come together to pressure the cops — who’ve been instructed to downplay the possible connection between the killings — to do more. Read full review

Jason Bailey

Feb 2, 2020

For all the impressive craft, sense of harrowing anxiety and searing performances on display, Lost Girls doesn’t seem to know how to wrap things up and it hurts the picture overall. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 25, 2020

Lost Girls is a moody, atmospheric but oddly unemotional mystery. Read full review

David Rooney

Feb 2, 2020

Grim and gritty though seldom emotionally affecting, Lost Girls loses momentum just like the half-assed investigation of cops whose possible corruption is coyly suggested but unexplored, leaving another hole in an already incomplete story. Read full review

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Bdog23

Mar 20, 2020

The Movie was very sad and conveyed an emotional story with many twists and turns. It is a truly good movie to watch on Netflix

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Qoobson19

Mar 20, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mesmerizing story and powerful acting by Amy Ryan. She carries the whole movie and is a centerpiece of this film. Even though the screenplay appears to be boring or dull in some moments it's a triumph from Liz Garbus in connecting all the factors of these young women who were killed.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Mar 17, 2020

Among all the things that failed to these girls that this film mentions, it should include itself.

A trivial execution for such a relevant topic.

Honestly a documentary would have been better.

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Tony1984

May 19, 2020

Based on a terrible real story which in capable hands would have been captivating. But not here. Dull as dishwater. It didn't help that the lead scowled, scolded, and whined from beginning to end. An unlikable abrasive character if there ever was one. The focus on only one victim who mightBased on a terrible real story which in capable hands would have been captivating. But not here. Dull as dishwater. It didn't help that the lead scowled, scolded, and whined from beginning to end. An unlikable abrasive character if there ever was one. The focus on only one victim who might not have been a victim at all was also a mistake. We learned little to nothing about the other 15 victims. The attempt to destigmatize sex work failed too. Sex workers need better advocates than this.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Mar 14, 2020

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Liz Garbus invents the impossible in order not to attribute any responsibility to these mothers who are only good at organizing the funeral vigils of their daughters.

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