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Where Are the Children?

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A woman's (Jill Clayburgh) past makes her look suspect when two children by her second husband (Max Gail) are kidnapped.
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Walter Goodman New York Times 05/21/2003
... tortuously torpid thriller... Go to Full Review Paul Attanasio Washington Post 01/01/2000
"Where Are the Children?" has a silly whodunit structure full of red herrings... Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 06/01/2015
C+
An overwrought melodrama. Go to Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily 11/02/2005
3/5
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette 08/26/2005
1/5
Atrocious, almost unreleasable chiller wastes Clayburgh's gifts Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/21/2005
3/5
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04/07/2017 Book is amazing, movie not so much. See more 07/01/2011 pretty frightening when u watch it when your the same age as the children who get kidnapped See more Read all reviews
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Bruce Malmuth

Director

Jill Clayburgh

Nancy Holder Eldridge

Max Gail

Clay Eldridge

Frederic Forrest

Courtney Parrish

Harley Cross

Michael Eldridge

Elisabeth Harnois

Missy Eldredge

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Movie Info

Synopsis A woman's (Jill Clayburgh) past makes her look suspect when two children by her second husband (Max Gail) are kidnapped.
Director
Bruce Malmuth
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 8, 1986, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 25, 2011
Runtime
1h 32m
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