Seventeen and Missing (2007 TV Movie) User Reviews

Weird/Good

[birdybirdy · 5/10 · 27 February 2011]

This movie was OK. It wasn't very predictable, the mother's 'sight' was a bit cookie cutter, and the girl was a major brat in the beginning. the movie got a lot better as time went on- I couldn't stand the mom at first. who just barges into people's house's like that? and .. i don't know. her going straight to the police in the morning, just didn't seem right. I mean my mom would flip too but she'd at least wait a day. and they said she'd run off before. you might enjoy this movie ha ha. and then they kill off the crazy boy! I wasn't happy about that. i thought it was cute, he was just trying to protect her. he should have given her more water, though. just kidding *insert smiley face here*

Cheap TV movie

[SnoopyStyle · 4/10 · 22 March 2014]

Emilie Janzen (Dedee Pfeiffer) has a superpower of seeing visions when she touches people or things. She's separated from her husband for 2 years. She had a fight with her daughter Lori. When Lori isn't in her bed the morning after a party, Emilie is panic. Police Det. Cornell (Terry David Mulligan) tries to investigate. She sees visions of her daughter locked in a basement. However she just doesn't need more clues to find her.

This is a cheap looking TV movie. On top of that, the premise and the effects for the visions are weak. It feels like the usual damsel in distress movie with a supernatural thing tacked on. The production just look so cheap. Most of the acting is reasonably acceptable, but there isn't enough here to recommend.

So stupid....

[Mariav-4 · 3/10 · 2 September 2007]

I have to say I am really surprised at the high ratings for this movie. I found it to be absolutely idiotic. The mother gets "visions" when she touches certain things or people? And one thing she touched twice made her vision continue... Just seemed so ridiculous. Deedee Pfieffer's performance was awful I thought. She was very irritating. The girl who played Lori did a good job and so did most of the supporting cast for what they had to work with.

I usually love LMN and am very open minded when it comes to movies but this movie seemed to have a ridiculous plot and over the top acting and it just was not for me.

Not bad

[aboutagirly · 8/10 · 4 February 2007]

I loved Dedee Pfeiffer (is that spelled right?) in Cybil. Haven't seen her for awhile and forgot how much I missed her. I thought she did a great job in this. The supporting cast was pretty good too. In some angles, the daughter even looked like a young Nicole Kidman. The abductor was pretty creepy and the story generally had some good twists. The young boyfriend was a hottie. I thought the husband definitely had something to do with it for sure.

Just got the Lifetime Movie Network for Christmas and am loving these movies. Kept my interest and I'll watch it again when they rerun it. Can anyone else recommend any similar movies to this? You can post on the board or send me a private email if you want. Thanks in advance. Aboutagirly.

Pretty Cool

[verucassalt666 · 8/10 · 18 May 2007]

I'm a fan of TV movies in general and this was one of the good ones. The cast performances throughout were pretty solid and there were twists I didn't see coming before each commercial. To me it was kind of like Medium meets CSI.

Did anyone else think that in certain lights, the daughter looked like a young Nicole Kidman? Are they related in any way? I'd definitely watch it agin or rent it if it ever comes to video.

Dedee was great. Haven't seen in her in a lot of things and she did her job very convincingly.

If you're into to TV mystery movies, check this one out if you have a chance.

Very insight into the plight of a mother, especially those with "sight"

[Cindy91 · 9/10 · 11 October 2010]

Interesting that she had never had visions until her daughters was kidnapped, and makes total sense. Dormat abilities will often react that way. Mine did with the death of my mother. As for some reactions that it lessoned the "abilities" of the male, I totally disagree. The detective was never rude or condescending, and was actually relatively open to her suggestions, as much as he could be, officially. And her husband, even separated from her, was right there by her side the whole time. I thought this movie was right up there. I might would have liked to see a bit more interaction with the son. As for the perpetrator... sorry, but the disturbed boy really had no future, anyway.

not for me

[guilfisher-1 · 5 February 2007]

This 2006 LMN TV movie once more glorifies the woman and weakens the male population. However, in this chestnut, I was hoping the mother, played annoyingly by Dedee Pfeiffer, would be the one locked up in the basement and for good. She got on my nerves. Going around breaking into people's homes, causing the death of a young man and screaming at her children. Her daughter, played well by Tegan Moss, had every right to get away from this controlling witch. The husband, played by Matthew Harrison, bullied by his over reacting wife, was also a victim. It seems everyone in this film was a victim of this obsessive woman that we're supposed to feel empathy for her? Not me. I wanted someone to come around and lock her up. A wasted evening of TV watching and a bad performance by Feiffer, put this viewer to sleep. Snorrrrrreeee!