Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- fragmented
- melancholic
- late night cinephile viewing
- lynch marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly valued the film's emotionally powerful additions and Lynchian atmosphere while agreeing that its fragmented vignettes presume prior familiarity and leave the larger mysteries unresolved.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film is assembled from deleted and extended scenes, moving through investigative fragments and moments from Laura Palmer's final week.
The material broadens the FBI investigation and Twin Peaks mysteries without resolving the series' larger cosmology.
Reviewers specifically noted that the scenes underline Twin Peaks's obliviousness to Laura's misery.
The expanded portrait of Laura Palmer gives emotional weight to her final days and the abuse surrounding her.
Films like Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces, and why
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
fragmented mystery vignettes, supernatural unease, and lynchian surrealism
Mulholland Drive
surreal investigation, unsettling small-town secrets, and fractured narrative texture
Lost Highway
enigmatic crime mystery, disturbing psychological undercurrents, and dreamlike atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- David Lynch
- Release Date
- 2014-07-16
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (288)
Cast
- Chris Isaak
- C.H. Evans
- Sandra Kinder
- Rick Aiello
- Elizabeth McCarthy
- Steven Beard
- Gary Bullock
- Kyle MacLachlan
- David Bowie
- Hirsh Diamant
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Criterion Channel
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces about?
- A haunting Lynchian mosaic that fills in the emotional and supernatural margins of Laura Palmer’s final days and the Teresa Banks investigation.
- What is Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as moderate.
- What did critics think of Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces?
- Critics broadly valued the film's emotionally powerful additions and Lynchian atmosphere while agreeing that its fragmented vignettes presume prior familiarity and leave the larger mysteries unresolved.
- Which films are like Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces?
- Films with a similar feel include Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Mulholland Drive, and Lost Highway.
- How long is Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces?
- Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces?
- In United States, Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces streams on Criterion Channel.
