The Missing

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The Missing

R,

2003,

2h 15m,

Western/

Drama/

Mystery & Thriller

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57%

162 Reviews

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50%

25,000+ Ratings

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50%

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When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett) sees her teenage daughter, Lilly (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 Lilly back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.

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

Dec 28, 2010

2/5

A disappointment; relentlessly bleak and brutal.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Las Vegas Mercury

Mar 23, 2005

3.5/5

'Breathtakingly beautiful and menacingly primitive.'

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Nev Pierce

BBC.com

Feb 13, 2004

4/5

In 20 years it will probably be regarded as Howard's finest film.

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Murtada Elfadl

Sundays with Cate

Jan 25, 2021

C

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.

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Kevin Carr

Fat Guys at the Movies

Jan 12, 2016

1/5

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

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Joe Leydon

The Moving Picture Show

Aug 1, 2014

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

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Draco S

Sep 10, 2018

Might leave you a little exhausted by the time it's over, but Jones and Blanchett definitely make it watchable and the plot is fairly solid.

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Harry R

Jan 15, 2018

Thrilling, fast-paced, you always want to see what happens next.

Harry P

Sep 7, 2007

The bones of a great Western remain barely visible under the layer of mush Howard and screenwriter Ken Kaufman smooth over them, reminders of the viciously memorable film that might have been.

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Synopsis

When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett) sees her teenage daughter, Lilly (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 Lilly 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: Revolution Studios, Imagine Entertainment
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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