The Missing
2004
**½
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Tommy Lee Jones, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd
When Indians snatch a teen girl, her single mother, little sister and estranged grandfather team up to go after the kidnappers. Ron Howard's Western is heavily influenced by The Searchers. The film is nicely acted and shot but overlong, and it lacks the moral ambiguity that made John Ford's film the classic it is. Based on Thomas Eidson's novel The Last Ride.
