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A documentary on a 13-year-old Japanese girl abducted by North Korean spies.
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| Chicago TribuneSid SmithIn a time when American TV is full of stories of missing loved ones, Abduction keenly explores the reactions of an altogether different society and also examines the universal, excruciating pain suffered by such victims and their families everywhere. |
| OregonianMarc MohanAbduction is a skillful interweaving of emotional, personal stories with the thicker strands of history, and a reminder that in reality such tales rarely have a tidy end. |
| New YorkerAnthony LaneThe events that unfold in the new documentary Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story could have been told as fiction, but they would have seemed too much -- too unbelievable, too merciless. |
| Village VoiceEd GonzalezDespite its structure, Abduction sheds light on the disturbing politics North Korea deploys to simultaneously intimidate the world and guard itself from attack. |
| Monsters and CriticsRon WilkinsonA touching but slender piece on the number one news piece in Japan. But what is the rest of the story? |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsCanadians Chris Sheridan and Patty Kim's spellbinding documentary focuses on the relentless search for the truth by Megumi's parents and families of other abductees. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoAbduction uses interviews, vintage photos and re-creations to tell the sad story of love and hope in riveting, suspenseful style. So powerful is this film, it brought tears to my eyes. |
| Entertainment WeeklyScott BrownFor 20 years, Megumi's family doesn't know where she is; when they find out, the frustrations and uncertainties only mount. But as thickets of history and culture are (too) neatly avoided, the viewer is also left in the dark. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterIt sounds like something out of a Robert Ludlum novel, but it's heartbreakingly true, as the documentary makes clear by looking at the phenomenon not from the top down or the outside in, but from the bottom up and the inside out. |
| Goatdog's MoviesMichael W. Phillips, Jr.This topic deserved better than America's Most Wanted. |