Missing 411 is a series of cases of children who disappeared from national parks, some recent and some older, with varying levels of closure. For the most part, it could easily be confused with a compilation of episodes of shows on the ID Chanel. We spend most of the time with the DeOrr Kunz Jr. case with others mixed in. To be fair, all of the stories are interesting, but I'm pretty sure we all have an odd fascination with "Informative Murder Porn". We follow each story from the beginning to as far as we can go. No case, whether a body was found or not, is resolved in any satisfying way, but that isn't the issue, sometimes missing people stay missing. The issue (and the biggest problem with the doc) is that three or four times, David Paulides tries to subtly imply his theory. Had this been just a bunch of missing children stories, it would have been an interesting documentary that I could easily see popping up on ID, but Paulidies tries to lead us to the assumption that some (if not all) of the missing person cases in national parks are related by more than just happening in national parks. Every twenty-five to thirty minutes, Paulides inserts someone suggesting that maybe the answer isn't one that our rational brains would accept. Maybe there is an unnatural or paranormal answer to these cases. If you look at Paulides's other projects, you may come to the same idea that I did. Paulides is a Bigfoot guy. While he never comes right out and says "All of theses cases are connected and is to blame!" he leaves little bread crumbs hoping that you follow. Missing 411 is a generic documentary about missing kids with an undercurrent of "Maybe it was Bigfoot". Would this have been five stars without the supernatural suggestions? No, there isn't anything technically noteworthy and the content feels like it's not fully explored and leaves way too many stones unturned; it certainly would have been better though. He does try and be as impartial as possible in the DeOrr Kunz Jr. case, but it feels really detached. Standing back and just presenting people involved in the case giving their stories and thoughts is fine, but it needed a little more explanation. When what this person is saying know doesn't match up with what we heard an hour ago, it's worth mentioning. Yeah, I noticed that it didn't add up, but it was sixty minutes ago; not everyone is going to make those connections. It's too "hands off" for me. Of course this is a personal preference and you may like how we just get presented with a couple of interviews and have to come to our own conclusions and piece things together, but I wanted the cases presented with some analysis and not just a shrug of the shoulders and the occasional "You may not be ready to accept the answer because it's just too spooky for you to handle."
Missing 411 is a series of cases of children who disappeared from national parks, some recent and some older, with varying levels of closure. For the most part, it could easily be confused with a compilation of episodes of shows on the ID Chanel. We spend most of the time with the DeOrr Kunz Jr. case with others mixed in. To be fair, all of the stories are interesting, but I'm pretty sure we all have an odd fascination with "Informative Murder Porn". We follow each story from the beginning to as far as we can go. No case, whether a body was found or not, is resolved in any satisfying way, but that isn't the issue, sometimes missing people stay missing. The issue (and the biggest problem with the doc) is that three or four times, David Paulides tries to subtly imply his theory. Had this been just a bunch of missing children stories, it would have been an interesting documentary that I could easily see popping up on ID, but Paulidies tries to lead us to the assumption that some (if not all) of the missing person cases in national parks are related by more than just happening in national parks. Every twenty-five to thirty minutes, Paulides inserts someone suggesting that maybe the answer isn't one that our rational brains would accept. Maybe there is an unnatural or paranormal answer to these cases. If you look at Paulides's other projects, you may come to the same idea that I did. Paulides is a Bigfoot guy. While he never comes right out and says "All of theses cases are connected and is to blame!" he leaves little bread crumbs hoping that you follow. Missing 411 is a generic documentary about missing kids with an undercurrent of "Maybe it was Bigfoot". Would this have been five stars without the supernatural suggestions? No, there isn't anything technically noteworthy and the content feels like it's not fully explored and leaves way too many stones unturned; it certainly would have been better though. He does try and be as impartial as possible in the DeOrr Kunz Jr. case, but it feels really detached. Standing back and just presenting people involved in the case giving their stories and thoughts is fine, but it needed a little more explanation. When what this person is saying know doesn't match up with what we heard an hour ago, it's worth mentioning. Yeah, I noticed that it didn't add up, but it was sixty minutes ago; not everyone is going to make those connections. It's too "hands off" for me. Of course this is a personal preference and you may like how we just get presented with a couple of interviews and have to come to our own conclusions and piece things together, but I wanted the cases presented with some analysis and not just a shrug of the shoulders and the occasional "You may not be ready to accept the answer because it's just too spooky for you to handle."
