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The Missing

2003

Ron Howard

Cate Blanchett, Tommy Lee Jones, Evan Rachel Wood, Aaron Eckhart ...

5.6

4,701

Western. Thriller Cate Blanchett is Maggie, a young plainswoman raising her daughters in the desolate wilderness of New Mexico. When daughter Lily (Evan Rachel Wood) is kidnapped by an Apache shaman, a dark-hooded phantom with shape-shifting powers, Maggie's long-estranged father (Tommy Lee Jones) appears suddenly, offering help to track the shaman and his lost granddaughter. Though stunned by his return, Maggie knows she must swallow both hurt and pride ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Even Cate Blanchett can't save this misbegotten horse opera (...) Except for Salvatore Totino's stark, scary cinematography, the film is shit without the luck (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"Howard's restlessness as a director is muted by his need to spell things out while bringing them to a rousing and well-manicured close"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Sorry, but I couldn't believe any part of this movie. It's such a preposterous setup that I was always aware of the plot chugging away (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Keith Uhlich Slant	"Howard reveals himself as one of the dullest visual stylists working today (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Steve Rose The Guardian	"All director Ron Howard can bring to the party is a dose of 'why can't we all get along?' political correctness (...) It's a bit of a plod, even though Blanchett and Jones are both a pleasure to watch (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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