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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe film unfolds with all the heart-stopping suspense of a true-crime expose that sheds light on the twisted policies of Kim Jong-il's strange and secretive nation.
- The filmmakers have loftier goals, though, and in the end their existential tabloid style justifies itself. Abduction isn't about what happened, but about the painful introspection that is sparked by not knowing.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoAbduction uses interviews, vintage photos and re-creations to tell the sad story of love and hope in riveting, suspenseful style. So powerful is this film, it brought tears to my eyes.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsSpellbinding.
- 70VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonLooks, sounds and fascinates like an exceptional episode of a true-crime TV series.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceDespite its structure, Abduction sheds light on the disturbing politics North Korea deploys to simultaneously intimidate the world and guard itself from attack.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirAbduction sheds light onto one of the strangest episodes in recent Asian history, but the murk that hangs over North Korea is still too deep for much light to penetrate.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe dramatic story is related here in a somewhat diffuse and scattershot fashion that reduces some of its impact. But there is no denying its emotional resonance.
- 70The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneSometimes too ominous for its own good.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThis is a fascinating, underreported piece of recent world history, but Patty Kim and Chris Sheridan's documentary Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story doesn't do it full justice.