by Linda Kay
Directed by: Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!
Synopsis: June (Storm Reid) is a feisty teenager who doesn’t always get along with her mom Grace (Nia Long) or Grace’s new boyfriend Kevin (Ken Leung), but when the pair go missing on a trip to Columbia June uses her computer sleuthing skills to uncover an incredibly complicated web of secrets and horrors.
Kitty Cameo: The opening scenes are of camcorder footage from a trip June made with her mom and dad (Tim Griffin) when she was little. The family owns a blue kitten named Caesar who is being cradled on dad’s lap as he plays with the younger June (Ava Lee).
![Missing - dad Tim Grffin sitting with gray blue kitten Caesar](http://www.cinemacats.com/wp-content/uploads/movies/missing01.jpg)
![Missing - dad Tim Grffin sitting with gray blue kitten Caesar and young June Ava Lee](http://www.cinemacats.com/wp-content/uploads/movies/missing02.jpg)
Most of the rest of the movie is seen through June’s laptop computer and Caesar, now a grown cat, is often seen in the background in various parts of the house.
![Missing - gray blue cat Caesar sitting behind June Storm Reid](http://www.cinemacats.com/wp-content/uploads/movies/missing03.jpg)
![Missing - gray blue cat Caesar behind June Storm Reid](http://www.cinemacats.com/wp-content/uploads/movies/missing04.jpg)
![Missing - gray blue cat Caesar behind June Storm Reid](http://www.cinemacats.com/wp-content/uploads/movies/missing06.jpg)
![Missing - gray blue cat Caesar on cat tree behind June Storm Reid](http://www.cinemacats.com/wp-content/uploads/movies/missing07.jpg)
Caesar is also the lock screen on June’s smart phone.
![Missing - gray blue cat Caesar as June's phone lock screen](http://www.cinemacats.com/wp-content/uploads/movies/missing05.jpg)
Relegated to these mostly inconsequential background moments, Caesar does have one slightly notable appearance closer to the end of the movie when June receives a surprise visitor.
![Missing - gray blue cat Caesar at feet of Tim Griffin with June Storm Reid](http://www.cinemacats.com/wp-content/uploads/movies/missing08.jpg)
The animal wranglers on the film were David Meyers, Tracey Kelly, Denise Saunders and Tony Suffredini with Aiesha Colvin acting as the American Humane Rep.
Final Mewsings: For being a cat owner, June didn’t have nearly enough photos of Caesar.
Many thanks to Laura for letting us know about the cat in this film.
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