Editing Missing (1982 film) (section)

===Reviews===
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| 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.
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[[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>