The Missing

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The Missing

R

Released Nov 26, 2003

2h 15m

Western

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett) sees her teenage daughter, Lily (Evan Rachel Wood), kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel (Tommy Lee Jones), in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.

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Critics Consensus

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

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

A disappointment; relentlessly bleak and brutal.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 28, 2010

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Apr 1, 2006

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Las Vegas Mercury

'Breathtakingly beautiful and menacingly primitive.'

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 23, 2005

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Murtada Elfadl

Sundays with Cate

Blanchett and Jones are matched well as two idiosyncratic people. There's a symbiosis to their performances as stubborn loners. The filmmaking is competent but never thrilling.

Rated: C

Jan 25, 2021

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Kevin Carr

Fat Guys at the Movies

a monotonous, dreary, wretched kitchen sink drama from post-Civil War New Mexico

Rated: 1/5

Jan 12, 2016

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Joe Leydon

The Moving Picture Show

Ron Howard's vividly gritty and brutally arresting Western is a powerfully effective piece of work.

Aug 1, 2014

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mike s

started off ok then just got boring, disjointed

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/08/25

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shannon b

Tommie Lee Jones best performance in my opinion.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/25

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James B

Really? if I'm being generous then its cliche ridden, boring, relentless, too long and distasteful - honestly if you have some paint go and paint something and watch it dry - you will be more entertained.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/11/25

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Marty B

Quality western - didn’t think Cate Blanchett could carry one off but she was great - classic performance.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/09/24

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Gregory S

This was one of the worst movies I ahem ever seen. Crap acting. An excess of gratuitous meaningless violence and a dumb, dull plot with no twist. Absolutelly terrible.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/24

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Kyle M

While John Ford’s “The Searchers” journeyed indigenous discrimination towards acceptance, Ron Howard seems to may have galloped across the mission’s narrative range with his own unpolished take over familial drama bordering similar circumstances, unflinchingly prolonging unsatisfactory with Jones’ decent embodiment beneath Blanchett’s reckoned caliber. (B-)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/12/24

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Synopsis

When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett) sees her teenage daughter, Lily (Evan Rachel Wood), kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel (Tommy Lee Jones), in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.

Director: Ron Howard
Producer: Ron Howard, Daniel Ostroff, Brian Grazer
Screenwriter: Ken Kaufman
Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Imagine Entertainment, Revolution Studios
Rating: R (Violence)
Genre: Western, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 26, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $26.9M
Runtime: 2h 15m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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