Denis Villeneuve is no doubt one of the very few directors that have vision and a complete look at the story before he direct it. He brought the picture so intelligently with a lot of references and small details that as any other big director he gave clues to and used it in important scenes. The movie has that way of telling from lot's of camera angels and telling style that makes you in complete vision of it's details. The music of the movie was good but didn't give the scenes the intense or add to it . The acting was excellent by Hugh Jackman who performed the character of the father so well and was a very challenging role that he succeeded in it and by Jake Gyllenhaal gave a solid performance as the cup and the rest did a great job. The movie's problem is that it focused more on showing the suffering of the family and especially the father and on the cup trying to understand what's wrong with him doing some silly actions especially when he went to ask Alex in his home as If he would tell him!. The characters of his friend wasn't good and didn't add to the movie neither did his wife. The ending was acceptable though it not very good one but for the last scene of course with the hint of the small detail of his daughter. Overall, very violent , heart moving and has a lot of mystery in it. Don't miss a chance watching it.

I think the movie is OK at showing how desperate the situation gets, when parents and the police just search and search and search... and search... and search some more, and still cannot find any useful clues to the wereabouts of the missing kids. It gives the sense of hopelessness, of being lost and not knowing what to do. Shows how frustrated people can get. I don't want to spoil it too much, my rating says it clearly... it's an OK movie.

.. decent show .Over serious. Way too drawn out but a very well crafted and acted out drama. 8.2 is a ludicrous rating and anyone going in expecting a modern classic will be disappointed.If this film is on your list to watch , like it was mine for a few years then honestly I'd catch up on other 'classics' you have on the list because this certainly isn't one. Reminded me very much of Zodiac 2007 in which people absolutely ranted and raved about and I just watched wishing the boredom would end. 6/10

Denis Vileneuve is an excellent director. From the first shot to the very last one the movie is filled with excellent film making decisions. He even manages to get the best out of Hugh Jackman´s Wolverine-like acting. I was thrilled all the way and still, plot holes are the kind of ones that get you screaming at the screen and make you hate the film the more you talk about it, not to mention the underwhelming climax. By the way, I figured out what was going on after half an hour, and I usually suck at that. This is a perfect proof of that old saying, no one can make a good movie out of a poor script. It seems this was the writer´s second big one after a Mark Wahlberg thriller so go figure, what a surprise.