Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood
Cate Blanchett blazes through The Missing, a new Western directed by Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13). The camera truly loves the planes of her face; even dusty and bedrag...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 24, 2004
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Flixster Reviews (1,076)
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January 26, 2009Great performances by all! Some of the Native American characters are not shown in a good light. A bunch of Indians who were working as scouts for the US army have gone rouge and under the leadership of an evil witch-doctor are kidnapping young women to sell across the Mexico b...( read more)
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November 8, 2007Terribly underrated and hated with no reason at all: outstanding western with incredible performances by the entire cast.
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August 3, 2007I did give this 2 stars, but I had to change it to one b/c this movie has really no redeeming qualities. I can't believe Ron Howard would do something like this. Terribly boring.
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November 13, 2009Different breed of western but I have the same feelings towards this as I do towards Open Range.
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October 4, 2009Awful film. It went for too long to the point where II just had to close it.
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October 3, 2009this movie is really, challenging yet heartwarming. i love to see this over and over again
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Critic Reviews
December 12, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
November 26, 2003
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Despite the actors' hard work (particularly Blanchett), the whole experience ultimately has a careful blandness to it, and the family-unity theme is hit with the subtlety of a hundred hammers. full review
November 26, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
A routine thriller, with Western frills and fringes. full review
November 26, 2003
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
A movie that is, by turns, needlessly unpleasant for cheap effect and misguidedly heart-warming when it should remain stringent. The Missing lives down to its title. full review
November 26, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It's such a preposterous setup that I was always aware of the plot chugging away, and the logistics of the chase defy all common sense. full review
November 26, 2003
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The Missing is well made, suspenseful, and superlatively acted for the most part, but its harshness never feels organic to the tale. What should be devastating is just terribly unpleasant. full review
November 25, 2003
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
A taut, intriguing, expertly crafted tale reminiscent of John Ford's classic The Searchers. full review
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