Rotten Tomatoes
Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Where Are the Children?

Play trailer Poster for Where Are the Children? R 1986 1h 32m Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
33% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 42% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
A woman's (Jill Clayburgh) past makes her look suspect when two children by her second husband (Max Gail) are kidnapped.
Watch on Fandango Stream Now

Where to Watch

Where Are the Children?

Critics Reviews

View More
Walter Goodman New York Times May 21, 2003
... tortuously torpid thriller... Go to Full Review Paul Attanasio Washington Post Jan 1, 2000
"Where Are the Children?" has a silly whodunit structure full of red herrings... Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jun 1, 2015
C+
An overwrought melodrama. Go to Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Nov 2, 2005
3/5
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette Aug 26, 2005
1/5
Atrocious, almost unreleasable chiller wastes Clayburgh's gifts Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 21, 2005
3/5
Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
Apr 7, 2017 Book is amazing, movie not so much. See more Jul 1, 2011 pretty frightening when u watch it when your the same age as the children who get kidnapped See more Read all reviews
Where Are the Children?

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Bruce Malmuth

Director

Jill Clayburgh

Nancy Holder Eldridge

Max Gail

Clay Eldridge

Frederic Forrest

Courtney Parrish

Harley Cross

Michael Eldridge

Elisabeth Harnois

Missy Eldredge

More Like This

View All
Thief of Hearts 14% 53% Thief of Hearts Watchlist Blue City 0% 25% Blue City Watchlist The New Kids 40% 47% The New Kids Watchlist The Bedroom Window 72% 51% The Bedroom Window Watchlist Slamdance 17% 50% Slamdance Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Where Are the Children?

Where Are the Children? (1986) View more photos

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
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings