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I heard about this movie from a friend who was demanded to watch this by her mother, claiming it would show her a glimpse of what would happen if she allowed her children on the internet. So she watched it, called her mother, and long story short, unfriended her on Facebook. I knew this had to be a good movie.I asked to borrow the DVD, I was ready. So hoping it was going to be this over the top fear mongering film like those ads where Peewee Herman appeared from the shadows and started talking to me about crack. I watched the whole thing. It was so bad. That one scene where a character confronts one of the main girls was amazing. If you don't think me and my friends act out that scene randomly for no reason, you'd be wrong. It tries to take itself too seriously when it doesn't even show how the internet really can harm a child. Megan didn't need to ONLY video chat with skaterboy, she could of messaged him, sent him pictures, video recorded her doing sexual things cause he asked her too. Built this relationship up until she goes missing. How much better would that have been rather then her just looking at me straight from the screen while talking to this guy? Please Megan, I don't like you like that and I hate confrontation.What can I say other then this is a movie. Can I recommend it? Yes and no. If you are looking for something that will scare you into not letting your kid even look at computer, don't watch this, instead watch Trust (2010) a movie that takes this almost same premise and does it better. On the other hand, if you have a horrible sense of humor and just enjoy bad movies, give this one a try.I'm bringing it to the next movie night and I told the friend whose hosting it and he is upset. It's gonna be good.
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MIM, I would say, is a movie that would give a few parents nightmares for nights to follow, but it's a movie that every parent should see. First off, dispel the negative reviews. This is one of those films like Wolf Creek, for example, that's still turning around my head, again because of the so real situation, but girls meets a worse fate than Mick Taylor. Two girls, best friends become victims of an internet serial child predator, passing himself off as this young surfer dude, who looks like someone out and Home And Away. Megan is this very popular high school girl, the one that everyone loves and respect. Her best friend, Amy is the other end, sensible, outcast, virginal type, who Megan's friends and other people make fun of. Girls can be so mean, and besides Amy, I didn't like any of these other girls, while not regarding Megan very highly either. But with the masks removed, these are how real girls act, or are they cliche's from other 2000+ films. The way it's shot, using less lighting, really worked making it come across as a Gregory Dark film, while the first half of the film, feels very much like Larry Clark. Some inventive touches were great too, like the reenactment, of Megan's abduction, sprouting some amusing moments, on part of the actor's sake here. Also the news bulletin segment of film, again coaxing me into the belief these were real characters. That's what Blair Witch, did. But even though fictional, in this film, they couldn't be closer than the truth. With the two girls here, who I first believed to be real people, it had me at a bit of alarm, when judging by the dates of the disappearance, where one month later, here in Adelaide. February 2007, a young girl, Carly Ryan,, another victim of an anonymous internet sicko, was murdered. The last twenty minutes of the girls's terror and torture here, is a hard watch, where the killer has taken them to his lair in the woods. His face has been kept hidden, and some images in this last part of movie, involving blood and death, won't sit well with a few. The lengthy Amy begging/digging scene is one of the most affectingly disturbing and discomforting scenes I've ever seen. It just goes on and on, you really want it to stop. Although Megan Is Missing isn't the greatest film ever made, this good film, is an educational drama, and warrants viewing from parents and teens. The three stars are good too, especially the girls, our lead with a bolstering performance. The way the movie's constructed and told, I really liked, again the early as with dialogue, it was very Larry Clark'ish. Like Thirteen, River's Edge, whatever, this is one of the more important teen films.
