The Missing

Buy This Item The Missing by Sony Pictures  Available from Amazon  $14.94  on 10-31-2008     Cate Blanchett blazes through <I>The Missing</I>, a new Western directed by Ron Howard (<I>A Beautiful Mind</I>, <I>Apollo 13</I>). The camera truly loves the planes of her face; even dusty and bedraggled, she radiates star power--which is good, because <I>The Missing</I> needs it. When her daughter is kidnapped by renegade Indians, Maggie Gilkeson (Blanchett) is forced to turn to her estranged father (Tommy Lee Jones, <I>Men in Black</I>, <I>The Fugitive</I>), a man who abandoned her as a child to join an Indian tribe. Together, they pursue a malignant <I>brujo</I> (or witch), who sells young girls in Mexico. <I>The Missing</I> 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, <I>The Missing</I> never finds its stride. <I>--Bret Fetzer</I> Reader Reviews I think that people who dislike this film are missing some valuable dramatic aspects. It's all about conflicts and extremes. Magic versus science, religion versus mysticism,ignorance and fact, man pitted against nature, old and young, healers and shamans.Why did the father turn away from his family and embrace the native ways? Why is the daughter living a seclusive life. What are they both running from? When the father first returned, I knew he would be the hero or the villain. This is what makes a good story...tension.

The Missing Available from Amazon Price: $14.94 Updated on 10-31-2008.

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