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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: A first-rate psychological thriller that also happens to be a classic Western. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Suffers from the same problem that has plagued every movie Ron Howard has ever directed: It's crisp, efficient, well-made and strangely, vaguely dull. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: ... a strange and haunting hybrid that's part Western, part supernatural thriller. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: The best and toughest western since Unforgiven. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Apparently the only thing tougher than endurance on the frontier is sitting through a movie about endurance on the frontier -- at least that is the point The Missing seems determined to make. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Despite the actors' hard work (particularly Blanchett), the whole experience ultimately has a careful blandness to it, and the family-unity theme is hit with the subtlety of a hundred hammers. Read more
Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Absolutely shameless in its propensity for violence and nonstop action -- and, most of the time, a heck of a lot of fun to watch. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: The Missing is well made, suspenseful, and superlatively acted for the most part, but its harshness never feels organic to the tale. What should be devastating is just terribly unpleasant. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: The master sentimentalist has made a dark, menacing film, a lean and disturbing western with some modern subtexts that goes where no Ron Howard film has gone before. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: There are some Western themes and principles you can't fiddle with. Thankfully, when it counted most, Howard didn't try. Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Powerful and provocative, The Missing is another masterful production from one of the industry's best directors and two of its best actors. Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: A terrific setup, full of inviting genre familiarity and modern tension, borrowed from the novel of the same name. And then, as that mouthy teenager goes lost in an Apache raid, so does the movie itself. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: What's missing in The Missing -- despite throwing in The Everything, from magic trinkets to group hugs -- is soul. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: A superbly crafted curiosity piece. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: A potent look at the harsh realities of frontier life and the disillusionment of the pioneer dream, framed in appropriately spare, unadorned widescreen compositions ... that is, until the movie gives way to a wholly unnecessary strain of witchcraft. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: Although based on a novel, Thomas Eidson's The Last Ride, the story feels stretched to the snapping point and is certainly unfocused. Read more
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Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: A big snooze because we can't take the main characters seriously. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Mr. Howard keeps the emotional temperature of the family reunion as chilly as possible, but it's clear that the father-daughter relationship is the core of the drama, and the rest is all time-consuming digressions. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: The Missing is often entertaining. But plainly something more was aimed for, and incredibly simple, basic missteps keep the film from reaching the next level. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The Missing is arguably Ron Howard's grittiest effort to date as a filmmaker. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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 more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: The Missing is holiday entertainment for anyone who likes either a dollop of feminist uplift or family values (or both!) with their bloodletting. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: A routine thriller, with Western frills and fringes. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: A taut, intriguing, expertly crafted tale reminiscent of John Ford's classic The Searchers. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A movie that is, by turns, needlessly unpleasant for cheap effect and misguidedly heart-warming when it should remain stringent. The Missing lives down to its title. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: At once racially fearful, and anxiously apologetic, patriarchal and post-feminist, pacifist and trigger-happy -- The Missing is engaged in one big, long desert showdown with itself. Read more
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: Jones, the actor, has never been more wry, sly and taciturn. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: As hard as it may be to reconcile this as the work of the same director who made How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the fact remains that Ron Howard has never before made a picture this raw and alive. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: However bogged down by predictable story rhythms, banally assembled shoot-outs, and climactic mano a mano, The Missing has an acidic period tone, a respect for the reality of violence, and a refreshing dearth of superhuman heroics and easy triumph. Read more