I watched this a while back as the start to a 200 days 200 movies thing with a couple of my other firends. I've got a couple issues with that, one being the fact that because of how good this movie is, it was gonna be hard to even compete with the sheer emotion and suspense this movie produced. Another issue being that we only lasted about a month before everyone dropped out. Great run, guys. Real team effort there. I can't even be mad, we all had practically no time to watch that many movies at that time in the first place. Oh right, the movie. Like I said in the first "paragraph," almost no other movie I've watched can honestly compete with the suspense and pure dread this movie was manage to capture. The only other one being Society of the Snow, but I don't want to spoil that blog post (it's probably going to be next (but who knows? (I sure don't))). The way this movie creates tension is amazing. I've had some of my friends say it's way too slow, but I think it's perfectly paced for how long it is, especially considering the stakes at hand and the ending. The story follows two families, both of which lose their youngest daughter during a Thanksgiving party. They, along with the help of a far too suspicious detective, attempt to find their daughters, with a number of bumps along the way (and by bumps I mean torture). The movie sets up as a lighthearted, family movie at Thanksgiving time, but quickly goes down the drain after their daughters go missing. This sets up the stakes for the movie, as the first 48 hours in a missing persons case are the most crucial. The movie is a fantastic exploration of mania and panic, and if you know me at all, you know I love movies that explore human emotion. The casting's great, the acting is top tier, it's got Paul Dano in it, there really isn't that much I have to complain about in this movie. I think if I was going to pick one thing, it'd be that the movie's a little long. But honestly, I don't care about how long it is, because this movie's just so (imagine I used a word here starting with "d" for emphasis) good. Might even be a top 5, but I'll have to revisit it before I decide that. 9.5/10
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