The Missing Picture-2013
Director-Rithy Panh
Starring-Randal Douc
Scott’s Review #157
Reviewed August 21, 2014
Grade: C+
One question continued to go through my mind while viewing The Missing Picture- is it a documentary or a foreign film? To me, it is a documentary, but strangely the film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
I hate to say this, but after 15 minutes or so I found the film quite dull.
I respect the creative, expressionist clay figures and enjoyed the black and white real-life clips of the horrific events from 1970’s Cambodia. But I found the narration as dull as dishwater.
I watched 45 minutes of the 1 hour and 35 minutes run time and deduced that I had gotten the point of the film. It does not take away from the importance of the subject matter at hand, but the presentation could have been a bit more exciting.
This is a common occurrence in the documentary genre.
Oscar Nominations: Best Foreign Language Film