Honored to be one of the best 5
mini series of 2015 in the Golden Globes, The Missing is truly a brilliant TV
show in the making. Though Fargo (2014) was more popular and grabbed the award,
for me The Missing was more heart felt and sensitive to the core. If I call The
Missing as the most hauntingly emotional television experience I had recently
that would be correct.
When the English couple Tony (James
Nesbitt) and Emily (Frances O'Connor) goes to France for a vacation their small
boy goes missing. Devastated by their loss the couple seeks every angle to find
their son but fails. After 8 years Tony obsessed with the idea that his son is
still alive returns to France to find him pursuing a lead. There he discovers
some unbearable truths about his sons disappearance.
The Missing’s’ plot and set up is
very powerful. It takes place in a small French town where the atmosphere
screams of a certain emptiness that creates a mind boggling mood overall. This
atmosphere mixed with the disturbingly emotional plot the viewer gets dragged
in to the investigation of this small boy. And right from the first episode
things becomes really tense and for the next 7 episodes its nothing but
beautiful expression of cinematic quality television drama. James Nesbitt and Frances
O'Connor deliver commanding performances in this show and they are supported by
another set of very talented international cast. Everything about The Missing
is well planned and well executed and they apply to even the sub plots that
make strong sense at the end.
To return to the shows emotional
brilliance I believe The Missing makes a child abduction plot to go beyond the
usual detective or crime stories and makes it feel so dearly. The plot run in 3
parallel timelines where the most significant events related to the
investigation takes place and each timeline is given equal importance. This is
where the beauty of writing comes to play and the job is very well done. Even
at the time of the ending the viewer will be left with so many things in their
minds and arguments to fight. And just
like the father of the boy the viewer will be doing a silent struggle in their
minds to understand the events more clearly. Being so The Missing offers a
strikingly good ending.
If you are a parent you will
certainly feel disturbed by this show and will shed tears more than few times
along the way. But it’s certain that The Missing is one of the most brilliantly
told story of parents love.
Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Director: Tom Shankland
Rating: 4.5/5
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