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Missing, The (2003)

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All Time

of 190,179

5,643

2000's

of 34,048

1,843

2003

of 8,541

234
Adventure
- Adventure All Time
  
  of 4,422
  
  596
  
  Adventure of 2003
  
  of 97
  
  19
  
  Adventure of the 2000's
  
  of 995
  
  167
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 38,020
  
  2,882
  
  Drama of 2003
  
  of 1,242
  
  96
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,670
  
  953
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,016
  
  1,059
  
  Thriller of 2003
  
  of 370
  
  51
  
  Thriller of the 2000's
  
  of 3,015
  
  339
Western
- Western All Time
  
  of 6,996
  
  158
  
  Western of 2003
  
  of 23
  
  2
  
  Western of the 2000's
  
  of 134
  
  15

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Missing, The (2003) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.5516

Avg Critic Score:2.4641

Missing, The (2003) Movie Reviews

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ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

The Missing is arguably Ron Howard's grittiest effort to date as a filmmaker. ...read the complete Missing movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Does not surpass Kevin Costner's "Open Range" for the title of Best Western of 2003, but it's a worthy effort and makes for an enjoyable (if slightly overlong) two-plus hours. ...read the complete Missing movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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. ...read the complete Missing movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

A clunky Western that tries so hard to be Politically Correct that although young women are kidnapped by Indians to be sold into prostitution in Mexico, they are never molested by their captors. ...read the complete Missing movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

It's such a preposterous setup that I was always aware of the plot chugging away, and the logistics of the chase defy all common sense. ...read the complete Missing movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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Detroit News (Tom Long)

The Missing is an absolute knockout, a western, a chase movie, an epic and the story of a splintered family and two civilizations at odds....read the complete Missing, The (2003) review at Detroit News (Tom Long)

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Time (Richard Schickel)

As for Blanchett, she's simply wonderful. She has played her share of queenly figures, but her acting essence is, emotionally speaking, plain-Jane. She's a straight shooter, with an uncanny ability to find a character's spine and communicate it without...read the complete Missing, The (2003) review at Time (Richard Schickel)

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Washington Post (Desson Thomson)

Ron Howard somehow makes a great movie and an awful movie, all at the same time....read the complete Missing, The (2003) review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)

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Salon.com (Charles Taylor)

The movie is an unpleasant slog, the gruesomeness working in concert with humorlessness to lend the whole picture a queasy deadliness....read the complete Missing, The (2003) review at Salon.com (Charles Taylor)

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