In the late 19th-century wilderness of the southwestern United States, a woman named Maggie (Cate Blanchett) struggles to raise her two daughters on her own. When one of them (Evan Rachel Wood) is kidnapped by a psychopath who has been murdering young teenage girls, Maggie must turn to her father (Tommy Lee Jones), with whom she had a falling-out long ago, for help in tracking her down before it's too late.
"Though intelligent and well-crafted, the film suffers from Ron Howard's fundamental sense of decorum and concern for his viewers' tender sensibilities …...." -- TV Guide ( Read Review )