An absolute waste of money

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Acting, if you call it that is even a stretch, was merely one big dress rehearsal. Unbelievable that someone actually approved a budget for this after school special meets cliché don't get in the car with a stranger message. Then there is the cheesy background music forcing the viewer on an emotional ride throughout every single scene. Reality has been lost. Suddenly overnight a teenager hooks up with a random adult stranger and thinks she's hooked up with him. Where is the backbone of this family? Why don't they call the car Candice is using as stolen? Missing person report filed? I mean, where is the responsibility for a high school teen? Again, reality missing along with the plot and sub-plot. Save yourself the aggravation that I had to experience… just say no, no, no to this film. Read a book or watch another film… this is low-budget, no acting, and not worth the time invested.

I have been both 17 and the mother of birth and adopted children. I find this girl annoying and her mum a bit too much too at times, but she loves her as much as her own. At 17 really is incredibly selfish, narcissistic like a lot of us at that age, but so unaware of others feelings it's incredible. The way she falls into the criminals clutches is laughable. If she's so sophisticated to have sex straight away why is she immature? She says I don't owe these people anything, talking about her adoptive parents. MY GOD how about 17 years of love hard work, and provision. She is a spoiled brat who needs a good kick up the bottom to sort her out. Oh Blah blah there are starving kids in our countries, who get neglected and abused and she has it all, and is so "confused", when there are people all over the world who would kill to be in her shoes. GOD give me strength. Anyway that's a GOOD thing as the films well done and provokes emotions so it's done it's job, and well done beautifully filmed and thought provoking. I'm an artist so if you get a reaction you've done your job. I still want to slap her around the face and tell her to either grow up or go away.

Overly involved yet a compelling true story of a girl who discovers through her biology class that she is adopted and runs away only to fall into the hands of a guy who is wayward from the law.In the midst of all this, she connects with her real mother and brother. The mother looks like she has been on a starvation diet. Her adopted mother is caring and yet very forceful. She divorced the girl's adopted father 2 years before. An airplane pilot, he seems to be extremely level-headed, also concerned as well as practical and realistic.Ironically, all come together to rescue the girl at the end. Of course, there is gun play, but surprisingly no innocent person is hurt in all this mayhem.

Missing at 17 was one of the best lifetime movies that I have watched in a long time. I love movies that keep you clued to the couch. And Missing at 17 did that. As we all know lifetime movies are usually based on actual events, but this movie got me very curious at the end. I had to record it so I could watch it again to try to understand it more. I give credit to all the actors and actresses in this movie. In the information summary of what happens when a mother searches desperately to find her missing daughter with the help of her biological mother. They work together to get her away from a criminal. I did not see him as a criminal. It was a very intense movie. It kept me clued to my couch until it was over.