
Private detective John Rosow is hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers the man's identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing the missing person back to his wife in New York City.... (Full plot summary below)
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Private detective John Rosow is hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers the man's identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing the missing person back to his wife in New York City.
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| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumOverly fussy and self-conscious in its noir details. But in The Missing Person, Buschel makes striking use of the Mike Hammer/Philip Marlowe tradition. |
| New York PostKyle SmithRising star Michael Shannon makes a riveting shamus hired to chase a runaway husband in the quiet but resonant little noir The Missing Person. |
| The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSluggish, stylized and frequently washed in a bilious green tint, The Missing Person is yet oddly irresistible. |
| The A.V. ClubScott TobiasShannon’s performance takes The Missing Person as far as it goes, but when a real-world tragedy commandeers the story, Buschel’s thin pastiche falls to pieces. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasDespite honoring noir genre conventions, Buschel also draws upon his fertile imagination in dialogue and in storytelling that allows his film gradually to accrue meaning. |
| Time OutNicolas RapoldIt’s Shannon’s slow, steady world of hurt that makes the film watchable. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyAn intriguingly plotted mystery that unfortunately forgets to put the noir in film noir. A drab, pale-looking affair without a trace of visual style, this cross-country pursuit yarn fights a losing battle to sustain viewer attention via narrative alone, so much does it flounder for lack of imagistic flair. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweA low-key mystery that's initially engaging but ultimately lacks sufficient intrigue to sustain interest. |
| Village VoiceNick PinkertonThe film has been gesturing toward a profundity that isn't there. |
| User ReviewtiparA noir movie that will satisfy both lover's genre and mystery's lover, among the latter I include myself, even if this is not that deep. |