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Searchers

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Alternately humorous and touching, Searchers draws on encounters with a diverse set of New Yorkers as they navigate their preferred dating apps, searching for their special someone.
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Richard Brody The New Yorker 08/29/2022
With technical ingenuity and a sharp sense of form to match his genial curiosity, the filmmaker Pacho Velez explores the emotional and practical labyrinths of online dating in this new documentary. Go to Full Review Sara Stewart Book & Film Globe 02/10/2021
Pacho Velez doesn't want to follow these people through to their hookups; he wants to capture the awkward, exquisite emotion of the initial search for love or lust. It's touching, and sometimes super depressing... Go to Full Review Kristy Puchko RogerEbert.com 02/01/2021
It's initially interesting. But as the doc fails to develop beyond introductions, it is ultimately shallow and deeply unsatisfying. Go to Full Review Cody Dericks Next Best Picture 07/08/2022
7/10
This straightforward documentary serves as a truthful depiction of modern matchmaking. It wisely doesn't go out of its way to editorialize what it depicts and its interview subjects effectively show the humanity in the person behind the profile. Go to Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice 06/27/2021
3/5
Interesting exploration of how apps help some New Yorkers find someone to date. Go to Full Review Nicholas Yap In Review Online 06/06/2021
For all the images of first-discovery summoned by its title, Searchers feels divorced from the visceral. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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TheMovieSearch R @TheMovieSearch Dec 2 Searchers is a painfully dull documentary about people using dating apps, and it fails right from the opening shot—a man staring silently at the screen in awkward silence. The interviews are bland, the subjects are uninteresting, and whoever selected and compiled them did a terrible job. The director delivers a messy, pointless film that offers no insight, no story, and nothing remotely educational or entertaining. It feels like people rambling about their app experiences with no direction or purpose. This is easily one of the worst documentaries I’ve seen, boring and poorly executed from start to finish. I wouldn’t rewatch it, revisit it, or recommend it to anyone. My full review is on IMDb See more Read all reviews
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Pacho Velez

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Ruddy Harootian

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Joe Poletto

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Sam Roseme

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Cathy Tankosic

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Pacho Velez

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Synopsis Alternately humorous and touching, Searchers draws on encounters with a diverse set of New Yorkers as they navigate their preferred dating apps, searching for their special someone.
Director
Pacho Velez
Producer
Joe Poletto, Sam Roseme, Cathy Tankosic, Pacho Velez
Production Co
Asterlight
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 21m
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