The Missing Person

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  • Opened November 20, 2009 
  • 1 hr 35 min
  • NR
  • A private detective (Michael Shannon) is caught in a quandary after learning that the man (Frank Wood) he was hired to bring back to New York was presumed dead after the 9/11 terror attacks. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Michael Shannon, Frank Wood, Amy Ryan, Linda Emond
  • Director: Noah Buschel
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama, Suspense/Thriller

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75
New York Post
| Kyle Smith

Rising star Michael Shannon makes a riveting shamus hired to chase a runaway husband in the quiet but resonant little noir The Missing Person. Read full review

75
Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

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. Read full review

70
The New York Times
| Jeannette Catsoulis

Sluggish, stylized and frequently washed in a bilious green tint, The Missing Person is yet oddly irresistible. Read full review

60
Time Out New York
| Nicolas Rapold

It’s Shannon’s slow, steady world of hurt that makes the film watchable. Read full review

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Frank Wood as Harold Fullmer, Michael Shannon as John Rosow and Amy Ryan as Miss Charley in "The Missing Person."