# The Missing (2003)

> An estranged frontier doctor and her returning father must overcome old wounds to rescue her kidnapped daughter from a brutal New Mexico criminal.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6943

## Facts

- Runtime: 135 min
- Genres: Thriller, Western, Adventure
- Director: Ron Howard
- Cast: Cate Blanchett, Tommy Lee Jones, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart, Val Kilmer, Eric Schweig, Steve Reevis
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338188/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: visceral, bleak, foreboding, western night, historical thriller night

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