The movie opens with a Windows screen. Whoever is using the computer selects to add a new user. New user named is Margot. When selecting a user photo, the computer camera shows David, Pam, and 5 year-old Margot in frame. They take a picture. The years flow by with new photos and videos. Here is a happy family. Then cancer strikes Pam and she dies just before Margot enters high school. There are not as many photos thereafter. Margot is a sophomore. She and her father communicate via text message or FaceTime. It is Thursday when David (John Cho) notes that the garbage hasn't been emptied and calls Margot (Michelle La) to chastise her. That night, she tells him she is going to be late with a biology study group. Then she is gone. For the first 24 hours, he isn't sure if he has just missed her and she is upset or what. Finally, he contacts the police. Detective Vick (Debra Messing) starts investigating and is happy for any help David can offer to illuminate his daughter's friends and habits. He logs into her laptop and discovers a side of his daughter he never knew.
Though the story is told entirely on computer screens, TV reports, text messages, and video chats, it is very engaging. Cho does an excellent job as the frantic father. He is the movie and he carries it well. He proves to be a talented detective himself, making some big breaks in the case thanks to what he finds on his daughter's various social media accounts. There are plenty of twists and turns, many of them proving to be dead ends.
Excellent film and recommended.
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