The Missing

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November 26th, 2003

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Drama, Suspense/Thriller

Subgenres:

Based on Book/Play, Hostage, Mystery, Period Piece, Revenge

Plot Synopsis:

How Far Would You Go, How Much Would You Sacrifice To Get Back What You Have Lost? Set in New Mexico in 1886, Maggie Gilkeson struggles to raise her two daughters alone after her husband murder....

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Directed: Ron Howard Written: Thomas Eidson, Ken Kaufman
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart

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Absolutely brilliant film with flawless acting from Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. After Blanchett's daughter is abducted, she must reconsile with her father (Jones), as he is the only one capable of finding her before she is taken to the...
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[+] Los Angeles Times

90

The combined intensity of these two performances (Jones and Blanchett) obliterates objections and raises the stakes in what might otherwise have been a standard western.
by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
[+] Washington Post

90

Has Blanchett and Jones to its credit. To watch them is to take in two of the screen's greatest natural wonders.
by Ann Hornaday | Read Full Review »
[+] Chicago Tribune

88

Good movie westerns these days may be too few and far between, but Ron Howard's The Missing is almost a great one.
by Michael Wilmington | Read Full Review »
[+] Time

80

As for Blanchett, she's simply wonderful. She has played her share of queenly figures, but her acting essence is, emotionally speaking, plain-Jane. She's a straight shooter, with an uncanny ability to find a character's spine and communicate it without fuss or feathers.
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[+] Empire

80

Probably the best Western since "Unforgiven."
by Kim Newman | Read Full Review »
[+] Austin Chronicle

78

Ron Howard has delivered a movie that’s a big departure from his previous film, "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas." We may not remember him for "The Alamo," but we're glad he kept the Stetson.
by Marjorie Baumgarten | Read Full Review »
[+] USA Today

75

This movie will remind a lot of people of John Ford's masterpiece, "The Searchers," without the rowdy humor and, yes, without the greatness. But it's an admirably solid effort that's as mean as it has to be, which is plenty.
by Mike Clark | Read Full Review »
[+] Premiere

75

Howard’s inclination toward graphic, gruesome violence, reminiscent of Ransom’s grisly denouement, The Missing is, at its core, a story well-told and built upon the solid foundation of Blanchett’s supremely capable performance.
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[+] ReelViews

75

Does not surpass Kevin Costner's "Open Range" for the title of Best Western of 2003, but it's a worthy effort and makes for an enjoyable (if slightly overlong) two-plus hours.
by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
[+] New York Post

75

Ironically, what's lacking in Howard's stark, often brutal, late 19th-century chase drama is emotional punch.
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[+] Philadelphia Inquirer

75

Just misses being great. The dark shaman mysticism doesn't entirely mesh with the earthbound quest across the wild and glorious Southwest. And the ending, with its shoot-outs and sacrifices, has a choppy, unneccessarily complicated feel.
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[+] Variety

70

Ron Howard has never before made a picture this raw and alive. At the same time, this tale of the desperate pursuit of the kidnappers of young women makes for a fundamentally grim and unpleasant experience.
by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
[+] The New Yorker

70

Improbable and, at times, sadistic, but, considered as a piece of direction, this Western, set in New Mexico in 1885, is as confident as anything that Ron Howard has done. [8 December 2003, p. 139]
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[+] Charlotte Observer

63

The only thing they don't take time for is characterization, which the story badly needs.
by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
[+] Boston Globe

63

The movie runs into its deepest trouble with its depiction of Lilly's captors. After years of Hollywood wooden Indians and a more recent run of tribal angels (as in "Dances With Wolves"), movies like "The Last of the Mohicans" have acknowledged the historical truth that Native Americans could be as bloody-minded as their white conquerors.
by Ty Burr | Read Full Review »

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