What really makes the film is the delightful stop-motion animation by Laika studios, which adds a great deal to characters and action sequences alike.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What really makes the film is the delightful stop-motion animation by Laika studios, which adds a great deal to characters and action sequences alike.

~ Jennie Kermode -

To their credit, there’s no direct interrogation or intervention from Molomot and Bemiss at any point.

~ Matthew Anderson -

To their credit, there’s no direct interrogation or intervention from Molomot and Bemiss at any point.

~ Matthew Anderson -

Layering together past and present, Van Tassel weaves a rich tapestry which illustrates the multiple elements of complicity in Mary Ellen’s disappearance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Layering together past and present, Van Tassel weaves a rich tapestry which illustrates the multiple elements of complicity in Mary Ellen’s disappearance.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Against this troubling backdrop, the killer seems less a disruptive influence and more an expression of widespread despair.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Against this troubling backdrop, the killer seems less a disruptive influence and more an expression of widespread despair.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Missing is an entertaining film, but it feels overlong at 130 minutes and Maggie is so saintly and cold that it's hard to fully engage with her.

~ David Haviland -

The Missing is an entertaining film, but it feels overlong at 130 minutes and Maggie is so saintly and cold that it's hard to fully engage with her.

~ David Haviland -

Combining clever ideas with a deep current of emotional honesty, this is an unusual and powerful film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Combining clever ideas with a deep current of emotional honesty, this is an unusual and powerful film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There may not be much beyond the surface, but it's a fine surface

~ Scott Macdonald -

There may not be much beyond the surface, but it's a fine surface

~ Scott Macdonald -

Both compelling and touching.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Both compelling and touching.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is an impressive film, managing to imply and suggest with a graceful economy.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is an impressive film, managing to imply and suggest with a graceful economy.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Fukada, who trusts in our ability to figure things out eventually...sprinkles clues and riddles throughout his account of the human condition in the 21st century.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Fukada, who trusts in our ability to figure things out eventually...sprinkles clues and riddles throughout his account of the human condition in the 21st century.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -