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The Missing, 2003

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett

Directed by: Ron Howard

Written by: Kenneth Kaufman

Language: English, Spanish

Country: USA

Runtime: 137 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.4

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The mood of The Missing is disturbing, atmospheric, and suspenseful. The plot centers around a child in danger, estrangement, and rebelliousness. It is a drama, western, and thriller movie. Stylistically, The Missing stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is fast. The Missing is set in New Mexico. It happens in the 19th century. It is based on a book. Note that The Missing includes violent content.

Summary of The Missing

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 1880s Western. This extraordinarily beautiful film offers astounding panoramic photography and inspired performances that enrich a truly hair-raising journey. As ever, Cate Blanchett brings intense realism to the role of Maggie Gilkeson, a New Mexico cattle rancher who dabbles in the healing arts. Her long-estranged father Samuel Jones (Tommy Lee Jones) is mistaken for an Indian when he inexplicably shows up on her property hoping for reconciliation; he abandoned his family years earlier to adopt a Native American identity. An embittered Maggie sends him away, but capitulates when her eldest daughter Lilly (Evan Rachel Wood) is kidnapped by a band of psychotic Apache killers. When the local sheriff and the U.S. Army balk at chasing the perpetrators, a desperate Maggie turns to her father, praying he is sufficiently savvy in tribal ways to save her daughter.

Blanchett and Jones clearly own this movie, and are both superb. Wunderkind child actor Jenna Boyd is spectacular as Maggie's youngest daughter, Dot. Also noteworthy are a brief but poignant cameo by Val Kilmer as an apathetic Army general and a skin-crawling appearance by Eric Schweig as Chidin, the outlaw leader.

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Language:	English, Spanish
Country:	USA
Release date:	26 November 2003
Runtime:	137 min

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Tommy Lee Jones

as Samuel Jones / Chaa-duu-ba-its-iidan

Cate Blanchett

as Magdalena Gilkeson

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Los Angeles Times

The combined intensity of these two performances (Jones and Blanchett) obliterates objections and raises the stakes in what might otherwise have been a standard western. Full Review

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by: Kenneth Turan

USA Today

This movie will remind a lot of people of John Ford's masterpiece, "The Searchers," without the rowdy humor and, yes, without the greatness. But it's an admirably solid effort that's as mean as it has to be, which is plenty. Full Review

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by: Mike Clark

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Could have been better

if you ever saw a film or two, you'll guess immediately what is about to happen in it. based on the actors and the plot synopsis, it was supposed to be a good movie. I can't quite tell what went wrong, other than the extremely predictable script,... Read and rate it

03.September.2008
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by: Noa
Noa rated this movie4/10Disappointing

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