ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

kols After reading a half-dozen of the reviews convinced that a lot of folks who didn't like it were expecting a typical cop show. It isn't. May have been an experiment on Bruckheimer's part - turning cop show conventions on their head.First there's the shows low-key tone: no screaming sirens, no melodramatic hooks, no heart-pounding chases or rescues. Chases and especially rescues do exist but, like all of the other expositional elements, they're portrayed in measured, deliberate and muted tones. Just like the "teams" response to each week's puzzle. All very quiet with just a hint of intensity and a clear demonstration that they care about their victims.All elements that, except for the tone, Without a Trace shares with most cop shows. Just reversed.Now here's the really radical departure - the show's focus is centered on what are usually the secondary characters: the victims and the lives surrounding them. In fact, most of the "team's" interactions are with the secondary characters.Think about shows, very good shows, like Bones or Castle or Burn Notice or any one of dozens of cop shows: all centered on the "team" and it interactions. Victims, perps and puzzles exist mainly to highlight those interactions.This is not a criticism. I love the shows mentioned.My point is simply that Without a Trace reverses those conventions and does it very successfully. One one hand, enough time is spent on the team to humanize it; on the other, just enough emphasis on the victims and their stories to elevate them to the the primary focus.Takes some getting used to but well worth the effort. Surprising, those few scenes dedicated to the "team", either as individuals or a whole, wind up describing a very rich set of personalities, though you might have to watch a lot of episodes to realize it.Like all cop shows there there are problems with plot integrity and, with Without a Trace, the very premise: the FBI getting involved before the local cops and their 48-hour window. And like all cop shows, the inconsistencies and questionable plot lines are simply elements meant to invoke the suspension of disbelief. Nothing more.If this was an experiment on Bruckheimer's part, seven seasons speak volumes to its success.

ShelbyTMItchell Seven season show about an FBI unit that finds missing people. As they must be missing for at least 24 hours to be missing and the authorities can go out and search for them. As the authorities have a 72-hour window to find them.Some people come out alive in this. And finally reunite with their families. And some do not come out alive. As it gives it to the authenticity of the show. That all of the episodes, most do not come out with happy endings.The great Anthony LaPagila heads an ensemble cast. As the troubled head of the NY Field office. With fellow Australian Poppy Montgomery as the young Samantha Spade, who flirts with LaPagila's Jack Malone and Eric Close's Martin Fitzgerald.Rounding out the team of Jean Marie Baptise an UK actress doing an American actress as mother hen, Vivian Johnson who had health problems early on. Enrique Muricano as Dannhy Taylor who is best friends with Martin.Rose Sanchez as Elena Delgado as the new rookie agent. Really the team did not need her. As she kind of brought a damper to the already close knit team no offense to Sanchez fans.It shows also the personal lives of the team members. And how their experience got them that far.Really a great ensemble show! Still missed by many!

freebird_35 Roseylyn Sanchez has been an awesome addition to without a trace. She does an excellent job portraying an intelligent strong Latina woman. The cast was predominantly male and another female in the cast brings more story opportunities. The show has gotten a little soapy this year with all the love interests but I still love this show and all the actors involved. The stories are gripping and sometimes heartbreaking. I dvr this show every week so I won't miss an episode. The characters are flawed which makes them all the more human. I wouldn't change a thing hopefully the writing remains consistent and the show will continue several more seasons.

anachain I've come to hate this show--the agents are so over the top and the events are so badly done that to say it stretches reality is greatly beyond an understatement. Malone is off-kilter so much he should be in jail for all the stuff he pulls. The personal drama between the characters detract too much from what's going on. The agents consistently abuse, threaten, and brow-beat suspects, witnesses, and victims that that whole unit should be looking for new jobs...or suspension at the least. I've stopped watching this show...no originals, no reruns, no more TiVo season pass.I started watching because of Eric Close--I thought this show would give him a chance to truly develop into a top-tier actor, but that just has not happened. LaPaglia is good as Jack Malone, but the overdone maverick behavior of Malone so distracts from the show--greatly so. However, the one actor that truly shines in the show is Marianne Jean-Baptiste as agent Vivian Johnson. She is the only one on the show that acts like an FBI agent with the portrayal of the character's personal side being the most believable.And to the CBS directors and writers, you guys need an FBI technical adviser for more than just a few shows...or fire Mark Llewellyn for doing such a poor job.