- Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart
- Directors: Ron Howard
- Writers: Ken Kaufman, Thomas Eidson
- Producers: Aldric La'auli Porter, Brian Grazer, Daniel Ostroff, Kathleen McGill, Louisa Velis
- Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English, French
- Subtitles: English, French
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
- Number of discs: 2
- Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Release Date: Feb 24 2004
- Run Time: 137 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005JMPT
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- #2 in DVD > Westerns > Western Stars > Tommy Lee Jones
- #38 in DVD > En français > Action, Aventure, Policier et Thriller > Western > Westerns modernes, spaghetti et crépusculaires
- #39 in DVD > Westerns > Action & Adventure
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Cate Blanchett blazes through The Missing, a new Western directed by Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13). The camera truly loves the planes of her face; even dusty and bedraggled, she radiates star power--which is good, because The Missing needs it. When her daughter is kidnapped by renegade Indians, Maggie Gilkeson (Blanchett) is forced to turn to her estranged father (Tommy Lee Jones, Men in Black, The Fugitive), a man who abandoned her as a child to join an Indian tribe. Together, they pursue a malignant brujo (or witch), who sells young girls in Mexico. The Missing features solid supporting performances from Evan Rachel Wood, Eric Schweig, Aaron Eckhart, Val Kilmer, and feisty young Jenna Boyd as Maggie's youngest daughter Dot, who refuses to be left behind. Despite the cast and some gorgeous cinematography, though, The Missing never finds its stride. --Bret Fetzer
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Not Much Missing from "The Missing"
July 2 2004
Format:DVD
New Mexico has one of the most beautiful and haunting landscapes in the United States. Desert, arroyo, plains, twisted wood and rock formations, and a sky that is like something out of a dream. In The Missing, this landscape shifts constantly, evoking fantastic and surreal images that lend well to the mood of the story.
Cate Blanchett stars as Maggie, a tough and independent frontier "healer," who is also a single mother of two girls. Her independence is not enough to save her from the nightmare that erupts when a renegade Apache brujo (sorceror/male witch) kidnaps her teenage daughter Lily. The Brujo is selling young women as sex slaves in Mexico. This man is one bad Indian. Like Lonesome Dove's Blue Duck, the Brujo lends this gritty Western authenticity in these days of forced diversity and political correctness. Not to give anything of the story away, let's just say the villian's methods of killing are creative. This makes The Missing a very violent and disturbing movie.
Tommy Lee Jones stars as Maggie's estranged father. He is steeped in Indian ways himself, having lived with the Chirakawa tribe when he abandoned his family when Maggie was a little girl. Consequently, Maggie has intense hatred for her father. One of the very touching elements in the story is young Dot's eagerness to get to know her grandfather over her mother's rage. Revenge is not served up here, rather repentance is. Going after what you love, what has been taken from you, has consequences. Maggie's outright revulsion for Indians also has a terrible and unforseen consequence in the movie. Indian magic and witchcraft is real in this film, blending with the shape-shifting landscape. For further understanding of Native American witchcraft, Tony Hillerman's novel Skinwalkers is good.
The movie's general sequence of events is predictable, but that was not enough to stop me from weeping at the end. Also, the suspense was incredible. I should have known with a Ron Howard movie. I plan on purchasing this DVD, and I think my husband will really enjoy it, too.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY
July 14 2004
Format:DVD
Ron Howard's THE MISSING is a blend of western, action and supernatural ingredients. Having the marvelous Cate Blanchett as Maggie catapults the picture into its worthiness. Blanchett is exceptional as Maggie, a single frontier mother raising two feisty daughters (played wonderfully by Evan Rachel Wood and Jenna Boyd), while maintaining an affair with the affable Brake (Aaron Eckhart, always good). Her estranged father shows up one day and it's obvious Maggie has little affection for him. Tommy Lee Jones plays the father, with his usual swagger and rugged machismo. His performance is good, but he is overshadowed by Ms. Blanchett.
The movie has a cruelty to it, in that Eric Schweig as El Brujo is a heartless and cruel man, perhaps even a witch?? His treatment of the girls he kidnaps is brutal and inhumane, so this adds a very dark edge to the film.
The photography is sumptious, and the music appropriately moving. The film tends to bog down at times, and it's length at over two hours doesn't help. Overall, though, THE MISSING shows the talent of a very determined director and a wonderful gifted actress. That makes it worth viewing.
The movie has a cruelty to it, in that Eric Schweig as El Brujo is a heartless and cruel man, perhaps even a witch?? His treatment of the girls he kidnaps is brutal and inhumane, so this adds a very dark edge to the film.
The photography is sumptious, and the music appropriately moving. The film tends to bog down at times, and it's length at over two hours doesn't help. Overall, though, THE MISSING shows the talent of a very determined director and a wonderful gifted actress. That makes it worth viewing.
Excellent
Jun 30 2007
Format:VHS Tape
This film tells us about the undercover, underhanded dealing of our government - facts that are increasingly known but were not when this film was made. Excellent acting, photography, story-telling. One of my favorite films.
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The Missing is missing something...
"The Missing" is an incredible piece work, an epic western, and an effectively eerie thriller. Directed by Ron Howard and starring Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones, this film is... Read more
Published on July 11 2004 by Ryan L.
Very interesting take on the Western movie format
The Missing isn't my favorite movie but it does have a lot going for it. Northern New Mexico 1885 is the setting in which a youngish single mother and her two daughters try to make... Read more
Published on Jun 30 2004 by A. Burchfield
Cleansed version of The Searchers...
At the end of the 19th century Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett), a rural doctor in the state of New Mexico, has to face the return of her unwanted father Samuel Jones (Tommy Lee... Read more
Published on Jun 25 2004 by Kim Anehall
Something went wrong here...
"The Missing" definetely had the potential to be one of Ron Howard's best films, but somewhere along the way Howard seemed to have given up on it. Read more
Published on Jun 23 2004 by T. Tiraterra
Hard Gritty Western
I wanted to see "The Missing" when it came out in the movie theater but for one reason or another it passed me by. Rented the DVD, and quite frankly loved it. Read more
Published on Jun 18 2004 by Serene
arguably the worst move ever
my father in law sent this movie and now I find myself in a "The Ring" type dilemma. Should I destroy this copy and never speak of it again or keep it and warn people... Read more
Published on Jun 18 2004
Am I Missing Something Here?
What is it with Hollywood? Are there some ancient rituals or rules to plots that MUST be followed? Like: man sleep with woman, next day he dead (see Cold Mountain, etc. Read more
Published on Jun 16 2004 by Rob
Blah ... Ron Howard must have had his mind on other things
Ron Howard's films can range from classic to mediocre. This one falls more into the latter category. Read more
Published on Jun 10 2004 by M. B. Trapp
The tag-along kid nearly steals the show
A creepy New Age Western (directed by Ron Howard, who just gets better and better) with the inimitable Cate Blanchett who, for this role, had to learn how to talk with 'American... Read more
Published on Jun 8 2004 by Peggy Vincent
I'm Missing A Tooth
Did you ever, say, bring home a double quarter-pounder (which looks so good in its package) and unwrap the thing, only to find out the burger sat under the heat lamp too long? Read more
Published on Jun 6 2004 by D. Mikels
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