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10/18/08
The Missing (2003)
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Reviews Counted:166
Fresh:98
Rotten:68
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: An expertly acted and directed Western. But like other Ron Howard features, the movie is hardly subtle.
Runtime: 2 hrs 34 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $26,811,707
Synopsis: Director Ron Howard, who impressed audiences with BACKDRAFT (1991) and A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001), has outdone himself with THE MISSING, a wrenching family drama that unfolds in the midst of a classic... [More]
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Eric Schweig
Director: Ron Howard
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08/07/04
The film features all sorts of cat-and-mouse intrigue, but it never really gets you to care about what's going on.
11/26/03
Top CriticHoward hasn't the conviction to make a truly tough-minded thriller. Instead, he indulges in every genre shortcut imaginable, resulting in a film that feels creakingly old the first time through.
01/15/04
Mr. Howard keeps the emotional temperature of the family reunion as chilly as possible, but it's clear that the father-daughter relationship is the core of the drama, and the rest is all time-consuming digressions.
12/10/03
There's a pretty good Western hidden somewhere amid the extraneous scenes, unnecessary characters and adoring shots of the New Mexico wilderness, but Howard didn't have the heart to cut his movie.
11/28/03
The Missing is holiday entertainment for anyone who likes either a dollop of feminist uplift or family values (or both!) with their bloodletting.
11/29/03
The Missing has the look but not the feel of a terrific movie.
11/26/03
The movie often works against its own best interests.
11/28/03
After 130 minutes on the trail, all that I saw was an ending that Roy Rogers could live with--and his westerns were about half as long and far less pretentious.
11/26/03
In The Missing, Ron Howard somehow makes a great movie and an awful movie, all at the same time.
11/26/03
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