Slow, dark and lacks suspense, but still worth watching for the wonderful performances by Blanchett and Jones, and for the striking New Mexico scenery.
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12/02/03
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
Reviews for The Missing
41 - 60 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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12/02/03
Top Critic...va dans toutes les directions sans choisir de tracé clair.
12/02/03
Strong performances highlight this Ron Howard western.
12/02/03
... a strange and haunting hybrid that’s part Western, part supernatural thriller.
12/01/03
Top CriticRon Howard mingles The Searchers and Dances with Wolves to make a confounding, exasperating, Oscar-seeking failure.
12/01/03
An exciting Western packed with frontier violence and starkly beautiful images.
12/01/03
If its sounds like dry praise to dote on Ron Howard’s functional competence, it's not meant to be -- The Missing is a solid genre entry from America's quietest auteur.
12/01/03
Tommy Lee Jones looks like he's been on a bender with Al Gore.
11/30/03
The cast is uniformly terrific.
11/30/03
Ron Howard has constructed a film that – while dark and absent of sentimentality – works both as a gripping Western and a perceptive observation of troubled relationships.
11/29/03
The Missing may not be a standout western for modern day audiences, but it is undoubtedly a step in the right direction.
11/29/03
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11/29/03
Top CriticLonger and grander than it needs to be, but still worth seeing for its fine performances.
11/29/03
It may leave you with this terribly icky feeling that what you're watching is no more enlightened than the Westerns of the '40s and '50s.
11/29/03
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
Blanchett is superb again. To go from Queen Elizabeth I to this flint-spirited pioneer is a long bow she bends to her talent.
11/28/03
The film will resonate deeply not only with parents, but with all of us who followed the Elizabeth Smart case and, sadly, dozens more like it.
11/28/03
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11/28/03
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
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