Who Took Johnny
Who Took Johnny

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WHO TOOK JOHNNY is an examination into an infamous thirty-year-old cold case: the disappearance of Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch, the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. The film focuses on the heartbreaking story of Johnny's mother, Noreen, and her relentless quest for the truth about what happened on the tragic September morning in Des Moines when Johnny never returned from his paper route. Along the way there have been mysterious sightings, strange clues, bizarre ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Who Took Johnny:

Noreen Gosch
Johnny Gosch
John Gosch Sr.
John Walsh
John DeCamp

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WHO TOOK JOHNNY is an examination into an infamous thirty-year-old cold case: the disappearance of Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch, the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. The film focuses on the heartbreaking story of Johnny's mother, Noreen, and her relentless quest for the truth about what happened on the tragic September morning in Des Moines when Johnny never returned from his paper route. Along the way there have been mysterious sightings, strange clues, bizarre revelations, and a confrontation with a person who claims to have helped abduct Johnny. Steeped in intrigue and conspiracy theories, WHO TOOK JOHNNY explores eyewitness accounts, compelling evidence, and emotional discoveries spanning three decades of the most spellbinding missing person's case in U.S.

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TheWrap - 8/10 by Alonso DuraldeVery intense...examines the impact that the boy's disappearance had on his mother but also raises questions about the possibility of child molesters in positions of power who use their clout to discourage investigations or cover up their crimes entirely.
User Review - 10/10 by Riff JFascinating story. Was captivated from start to finish.
User Review - 10/10 by Raymond MA chilling, thought-provoking account of one of the most notorious unsolved crimes of the last forty years. The story of Johnny Gosch has attracted controversy, numerous conspiracy theories and, perhaps, fundamentally changed the notion of a carefree childhood forever. This documentary explores the crime and its aftermath from all these angles. Most disturbing of all: this film, can't ultimately answer it's own question. The crime remains unsolved. Johnny Gosch, and others like him, are still missing.
User Review - 10/10 by Paul AA greatly crafted, emotional documentary about the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. As the narrative progresses, it gets deeper into this haunting case which remains unsolved after more than 30 years, creating a though provoking film about the devastating disappearances of many children like Johnny Gosch.
User Review - 10/10 by Claire LThis is a must see. Something sketchy is going on here.
User Review - 10/10 by Amber DI liked it. My best friends been missing for 22 years.
User Review - 10/10 by James DFascinating story. Was captivated from start to finish.
User Review - 8/10 by Cord MA lone red wagon, a small dog, and undelivered newspapers are left behind on a suburban Iowa sidewalk in 1982, a Ford Fairlane speeding through a stop sign into the darkness of early morning. A 12-year old paperboy will be discovered missing the next day and later become the first child's face to show up on the back of a milk carton in American history. What sounds like the beginning of a nail-biting Hollywood thriller is a sad and disturbing reality-one that American parents face each and every day and is the main focus of documentary Who Took Johnny, a dissection of the stranger-than-fiction disappearance of Iowa paperboy, Johnny Gosch, a boy who seemingly "vanished into thin air" and a case that still remains unsolved. At the beginning of the documentary, we meet Gosch's mother Noreen, 30 years later, still unwilling to give up despite the three decades that have passed since her boy originally went missing. We follow her to yoga, to the local gas station, and other seemingly everyday excursions before ultimately arriving at the home of a young Iowa couple who, like her, has also fallen victim to a child abduction/disappearance. Noreen consults them, gives them advice, and tries to be the consolation to the couple's heartbreak and sense of hopelessness that permeates in the air because she has been through it herself. A series of old news reels and eyewitness interviews about the 1982 disappearance of Johnny Gosch follows, depicting the townsfolk and a younger Noreen crusading against the neighborhood police department at the height of her child's disappearance. It is hard to believe that 30 years ago a missing child was not a same-day priority for the police as we have grown accustomed in modern day; but the Reagan era was perceived as a very different time as the documentary paints, and bureaucracy, police neglect and apathy ultimately hinder further investigation into young Johnny Gosch's disappearance. As months are torn away on the calendar, the story only becomes weirder. The emergence of testimony from an alleged accomplice to the kidnapping of Johnny Gosch, who claims to have known Johnny personally, identifies marks that only his mother would have known existed. Yet despite his testimony and the irrefutable evidence he presents, personal interviews with local police show them dismissing it all as inconclusive and not worth pursuing further. Directors David Bellinson, Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley happen upon deeply emotional and complex subject matter that is so layered it almost feels too hefty to cover in the short 76-minute run time. That isn't to say that the documentary suffers or feels incomplete: it unequivocally grabs the viewer's attention from the opening to the very last frame and, as it progresses, what begins as an investigative documentary of an unsolved missing child case evolves into something much more scandalous and eye-opening. Eyewitness accounts and unbelievable news footage angers as much as it informs and evil facets of American society are exposed along the way with police departments and politicians turning a blind eye to children's disappearances, further propagating a series of crime rings responsible for child sex trafficking and abuse as long as money is thrust into their pockets. The production value, editing and pacing of Who Took Johnny is confident and extraordinarily skilled, and the questions it raises pleads for a follow-up or at the least a director's cut. The case, the people affected by it and the unraveling of unforeseen and unspoken maliciousness is bigger than the documentary can contain at its length and leaves many questions unanswered-but like the human experience, sometimes answers are never found. An incredibly poignant film that proves reality can be darker and more intriguing than the most despondent recesses that the human mind can create and certainly should not be missed.
User Review - 8/10 by Jack TOften uncomfortable, frequently shocking, Michael Galinsky's WHO TOOK JOHNNY delves into a cold kidnapping case from 1982. Using archival footage juxtaposed with contemporary interviews, the film paints a portrait of police ineptitude, human trafficking, pedophilia, and a loss of innocence in the U.S. that began taking place in the late 1970s/early 1980s. The film loses steam during the last third-some revelations may seem far-fetched to some, and there is of course no real resolution to the story (a difficult hole for documentaries covering unfinished stories to fall into), but the overall direction of the film is compelling and startling.
User Review - 8/10 by Craig MSome loose ends/ holes that don't get addressed, but another timely reminder that absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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