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The Missing (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 166

Fresh: 97

Rotten:69

Average Rating: 6.1/10

Consensus: An expertly acted and directed Western. But like other Ron Howard features, the movie is hardly subtle.

Runtime: 2 hrs 34 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release: Nov 26, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $26,811,707

Synopsis: Director Ron Howard, who impressed audiences with BACKDRAFT (1991) and A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001), has outdone himself with THE MISSING, a wrenching family drama that unfolds in the midst of a classic 1880s Western. This extraordinarily... Director Ron Howard, who impressed audiences with BACKDRAFT (1991) and A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001), has outdone himself with THE MISSING, a wrenching family drama that unfolds in the midst of a classic 1880s Western. This extraordinarily beautiful film offers astounding panoramic photography and inspired performances that enrich a truly hair-raising journey. As ever, Cate Blanchett brings intense realism to the role of Maggie Gilkeson, a New Mexico cattle rancher who dabbles in the healing arts. Her long-estranged father Samuel Jones (Tommy Lee Jones) is mistaken for an Indian when he inexplicably shows up on her property hoping for reconciliation; he abandoned his family years earlier to adopt a Native American identity. An embittered Maggie sends him away, but capitulates when her eldest daughter Lilly (Evan Rachel Wood) is kidnapped by a band of psychotic Apache killers. When the local sheriff and the U.S. Army balk at chasing the perpetrators, a desperate Maggie turns to her father, praying he is sufficiently savvy in tribal ways to save her daughter. Blanchett and Jones clearly own this movie, and are both superb. Wunderkind child actor Jenna Boyd is spectacular as Maggie's youngest daughter, Dot. Also noteworthy are a brief but poignant cameo by Val Kilmer as an apathetic Army general and a skin-crawling appearance by Eric Schweig as Chidin, the outlaw leader. [More]

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Eric Schweig

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Eric Schweig, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart

Director: Ron Howard

Director: Ron Howard
Screenwriter: Kenneth Kaufman
Producer: Brian Grazer, Daniel Ostroff
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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Jun 6, 2006

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DVD Features:

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08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review
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Despite gorgeous scenery and an uncharacteristically subtle soundtrack from James Horner, the film has a 'been-there, done-that' quality.

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11/18/06
Jeffrey Overstreet
Christianity Today
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Uma boa fotografia e atuações competentes (especialmente da pequena Boyd) não são o bastante para que ignoremos o roteiro longo e sem foco que, além de investir em um deslocado tom sobrenatural, ainda conta um desfecho fraquíssimo.

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06/26/06
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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Basically, The Missing is Ron Howard's John Ford impersonation, and the end result is as strangely schizophrenic as it sounds.

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06/12/06
Scott Weinberg
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04/01/06
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04/02/05
Garth Franklin
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'Breathtakingly beautiful and menacingly primitive.'

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03/23/05
Jeannette Catsoulis
Las Vegas Mercury
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The Missing est un suspense des plus ordinaires.

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02/25/05
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
Panorama
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A western with a twist: the bad guy, who happens to be Native American, is also a sorcerer.

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10/07/04
Tony Medley
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08/07/04
Peter Rainer
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a brutal, poetic, thoughtful, rusty, corrosive, and somber Western

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07/29/04
Jordan Hiller
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A drawn-out depiction of frontier brutality and the racist attitudes of the times.

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06/23/04
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
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06/13/04
Jeremy Heilman
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A great film in most every respect.

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06/03/04
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal
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Tommy Lee always makes the film interesting and Blanchett is a standout.

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05/26/04
Vince Koehler
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Darko, Donnie
THE MISSING is an old-fashioned Western melodrama that may be 'missing' its audience?
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