Missing 1982

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Among other things Missing does is to convince you that, next time, you're not going to waste your vote. The passive citizen is the citizen-victim. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This movie might have really been powerful, if it could have gotten out of its own way. Read more

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: A story that could have made for a brisk jeremiad on 60 Minutes is stretched to 122 minutes of heroes fuming and villains purring their oleaginous apologies. Spacek and Lemmon, an appealing sweet-and-sour combo, sink in the swamp of good intentions. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Spacek and Lemmon are fine as the missing man's wife and father, but what makes the film so overwhelming in places is its unending night-time imagery of a society coming apart at the seams. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Lemmon is superior as a man facing up to issues he never wanted to confront personally. Read more