recommended

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Finally finished watching this show. What could have been an exciting story about a kidnap turned out to be a waste to watch. Everything about it was very poorly executed leaving a most confusing story to ponder over.I should have followed my instinct and should have stopped after watching episode one. But I got to know Kyra Sedgwick from the series 'The Closer' and assumed wrongly that the show would develop into an excellent thriller-drama, which, unfortunately, was wishful thinking.The whole team of writers, director, producer and editor are to blame for this mockery. What they achieved in the end is an example in how not to make a movie.

4/10 episodes in we already know who took the child and why and one of them is dead and we are to believe it takes 240+ more minutes to tell the rest of the story? Not sure who thought this could be stretched beyond a 2 hour TV movie.

Jane Sadler (Kyra Sedgwick) is a stressed out Hollywood producer of a cop show which taps into some real police scandals due to her secret police informer. She does drugs in her backyard shed as her daughter Lake goes missing from her room in the night. Initial suspicion falls on her ex-husband Pete Greene. Her sister Ali Petrovich (Erika Christensen) calls the police. Robbery homicide detective John Bird (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) investigates. Jane's assistant Casey (Emily Kinney) is secretly having a fling with Pete and gives him a fake alibi. As the investigation heats up, her two worlds collide. Video evidence captures her drug dealer PJ and then there's her maid.The pieces of an intriguing missing child story seems to be here. Sedgwick is a first rate actress. It's a compelling enough mystery with many suspects. However, it needs the lead detective to take over the screen. We need to investigate the case along with detective Bird but he's only a co-lead in this show. He's barely moving and we're always ahead of him. The other co-lead Jane is not sympathetic. The only way to salvage that would be sympathy for the kid. We need more of the kid. She has no characteristics, no screen time, and no more than an object or a plot device. It's still a compelling mystery until after several episodes. Then Casey's plan is revealed and I don't understand it. She doesn't want to kill Lake but Lake would be able to identify her and her co-conspirators. The original plan doesn't work on its face value. When the central crime is obvious nonsense, the whole show crumbles. Probably coincidentally, the show loses its spot on the schedule and gets relegated to burn-off. This is nothing new here and not well constructed anyways.

I have a feeling that it's going to turn out that the housekeeper/nanny and the gardener took the girl to stay with them because the mother is a drug addict even though she is a seemingly successful career woman. I'm probably wrong and I actually hope I am and that there is some big plot twist at the end of the show that leaves everyone shocked. I don't know what direction this plot is going in but I hope for the best.