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The Missing

Play trailer 1:52 Poster for The Missing R Released Nov 26, 2003 2h 15m Western Drama Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis Las Vegas Mercury 'Breathtakingly beautiful and menacingly primitive.' Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 23, 2005 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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mike s started off ok then just got boring, disjointed Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/08/25 Full Review shannon b Tommie Lee Jones best performance in my opinion. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/25 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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Producer Brian Grazer (l) and director Ron Howard on the set of Revolution Studios' suspense thriller The Missing, a Columbia Pictures release. Evan Rachel Wood, plays Lilly, a young girl who is kidnapped by a vicious band of renegades in Revolution Studios' suspense thriller The Missing, a Columbia Pictures release. A scene from Revolution Studios' suspense thriller The Missing. - Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett play an estranged father and daughter in Revolution Studios' suspense thriller The Missing, a Columbia Pictures release. Eric Schweig portrays Pesh-Chidin, a psychopathic killer with mystical powers, in Revolution Studios' suspense thriller The Missing, a Columbia Pictures release. Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood and Jenna Boyd star in Revolution Studios' suspense thriller The Missing, a Columbia Pictures release. Jay Tavare plays Kayitah in Revolution Studios' suspense thriller The Missing, a Columbia Pictures release. Director/producer Ron Howard on the set of Revolution Studios' suspense thriller The Missing, a Columbia Pictures release. Cate Blanchett and Jenna Boyd star in Revolution Studios' suspense thriller The Missing, a Columbia Pictures release. Director/producer Ron Howard and Cate Blanchett on the set of Revolution Studios' suspense thriller The Missing, a Columbia Pictures release. View more photos

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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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