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==Reception== ===Reviews=== {{multiple image | perrow = 2 | total_width = 300 | image1 = SissySpacekHSHWOFAug2011.jpg | image2 = Jack Lemmon 1988 ArM.jpg | footer = The performances of [[Sissy Spacek]] and [[Jack Lemmon]] garnered critical acclaim, earning them [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] respectively. }} [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three stars, writing that while the film was being cited for courage in criticism of the U.S. government, the criticism was clouded by its direction,<ref name="Ebert"/> but the best scenes were where Lemmon and Spacek's character were bogged down by the embassy's "niceties" in their search:<blockquote>By the time ''Missing'' begins its crucial last half-hour, a strange thing has happened. We care about this dead American, and his wife and father, almost despite the movie. The performances of Spacek and Lemmon carry us along through the movie's undisciplined stylistic displays.<ref name="Ebert"/></blockquote> [[Vincent Canby]], writing for ''The New York Times'', positively reviewed the film's message and [[Ricardo Aronovich]]'s cinematography.<ref name="Canby"/> The American filmmaker [[Wes Anderson]] listed ''Missing'' as one of his favorite films.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Zack Sharf |title=Wes Anderson's Favorite Movies: 35 Films the Auteur Wants You to See |url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/wes-anderson-favorite-movies-films/ |website=IndieWire |publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC. |access-date=24 September 2021 |date=July 16, 2021}}</ref> In his ''2015 Movie Guide'', Leonard Maltin awarded ''Missing'' three and a half stars, highlighting Lemmon's acting and crediting Costa-Gavras as a skilled director.<ref>{{cite book |last=Maltin |first=Leonard |title=Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide |publisher=Penguin |date=2014 |isbn=978-0698183612 }}</ref> The film has a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 32 reviews with the consensus: "Thanks in large part to strong performances from Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemmon, ''Missing'' is both a gripping character exploration and an effective political thriller."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1014007_missing |title=Missing (1982) |access-date=17 June 2017 |work=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> ===Accolades=== ''Missing'' won the [[Palme d'Or]] (Golden Palm) at the [[1982 Cannes Film Festival]], while Lemmon was awarded [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for his performance.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1565/year/1982.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Missing |access-date=2009-06-12|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Date of ceremony ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Recipient(s) ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- !scope="row" rowspan=4| [[Academy Awards]] | rowspan="4" | [[55th Academy Awards|11 April 1983]] | [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | [[Edward Lewis (producer)|Edward Lewis]] and Mildred Lewis | {{nom}} | rowspan="4" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983 |title=THE 55TH ACADEMY AWARDS |date=October 5, 2014 |access-date=17 June 2017 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref> |- | [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | [[Jack Lemmon]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | [[Sissy Spacek]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] | [[Costa-Gavras]] and [[Donald E. Stewart|Donald Stewart]] | {{won}} |- !scope="row" rowspan=7| [[British Academy Film Awards]] | rowspan="7" | [[36th British Academy Film Awards|20 March 1983]] | [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis | {{nom}} | rowspan="7" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1983/film? |title=Film in 1983 |access-date=17 June 2017 |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts}}</ref> |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] | Costa-Gavras | {{nom}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | Jack Lemmon | {{nom}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | Sissy Spacek | {{nom}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] | Costa-Gavras and Donald Stewart | {{won}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] | [[FranΓ§oise Bonnot]] | {{won}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Score|Best Score]] | [[Vangelis Papathanassiou]] | {{nom}} |- !scope="row" rowspan=2| [[Cannes Film Festival]] | rowspan="2" | [[1982 Cannes Film Festival|14 β 26 May 1982]] | [[Palme d'Or]] | Costa-Gavras | {{won}} | rowspan="2" | <ref name="festival-cannes.com"/> |- | [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | Jack Lemmon | {{won}} |- !scope="row" rowspan=5| [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]] | rowspan="5" | [[40th Golden Globe Awards|29 January 1983]] | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture β Drama|Best Motion Picture β Drama]] | ''Missing'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="5" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/film/missing |title=Missing |access-date=17 June 2017 |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association}}</ref> |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director β Motion Picture|Best Director β Motion Picture]] | Costa-Gavras | {{nom}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] | Costa-Gavras | {{nom}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture β Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture β Drama]] | Jack Lemmon | {{nom}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture β Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture β Drama]] | Sissy Spacek | {{nom}} |- ! scope="row"| [[London Film Critics' Circle]] | rowspan="1" | 1982 | [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year|Best Film]] | Costa-Gavras | {{won}} | rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.criticscircle.org.uk/?ID=89&PID=4 |title=AWARD: FILM OF THE YEAR |date=12 April 2010 |access-date=17 June 2017 |publisher=London Film Critics' Circle}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| [[National Board of Review]] | rowspan="1" | [[National Board of Review Awards 1982|14 February 1983]] | [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]] | ''Missing'' | {{won}} | rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1982/ |title=1982 Award Winners |access-date=16 June 2017 |newspaper=National Board of Review}}</ref> |- |}
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