Click to read the article
Comment
04/01/06
The Missing (2003)
58 %
Reviews Counted: 165 Fresh: 96 Rotten:69 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
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 1880s Western. This extraordinarily beautiful film offers astounding panoramic... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Eric Schweig, Jenna Boyd
Reviews
Top CriticClick to read the article
02/09/06
Top CriticClick to read the article
04/09/04
Top CriticClick to read the article
03/01/04
Top Critic
It's an entertaining and gripping film, with stunning production values and magnetic performances. And yet the script's continual pandering to Hollywood cliches lets it down.
11/27/03
Despite gorgeous scenery and an uncharacteristically subtle soundtrack from James Horner, the film has a 'been-there, done-that' quality.
11/18/06
Uma boa fotografia e atuações competentes (especialmente da pequena Boyd) não são o bastante para que ignoremos o roteiro longo e sem foco que, além de investir em um deslocado tom sobrenatural, ainda conta um desfecho fraquíssimo.
06/26/06
Basically, The Missing is Ron Howard's John Ford impersonation, and the end result is as strangely schizophrenic as it sounds.
06/12/06
Top Critic Top Critic
A western with a twist: the bad guy, who happens to be Native American, is also a sorcerer.
10/23/04
Click to read the article
08/07/04
A drawn-out depiction of frontier brutality and the racist attitudes of the times.
06/23/04
Related Forums
THE MISSING is an old-fashioned Western melodrama that may be 'missing' its audience?
by: Darko, Donnie 7/30/05
by: Darko, Donnie 7/30/05
... just more common liberal Hollywood garbage.
by: november 12/2/03
by: november 12/2/03
Pictures
Trailers & Clips
The Missing Trailer
Watch Now >>
Watch Now >>
News
An Oral History of RT, Part Three: Ripe Tomatoes
posted by Tim Ryan July 15, 2008
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Rotten Tomatoes, we asked some of the founding members of RT to share their...
posted by Tim Ryan July 15, 2008
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Rotten Tomatoes, we asked some of the founding members of RT to share their...
IGN RSS Feeds