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Frequency
New Line Cinema
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for intense violence and disturbing images
Starring
Dennis Quaid,
James Caviezel,
Elizabeth Mitchell,
Andre Braugher,
Shawn Doyle,
Noah Emmerich,
and
Melissa Errico
In this mind-bending thriller, director Gregory Hoblit presents a fresh and original take on time travel with the gripping human story of a father (Quaid) and a son (Caviezel) who reach out to one another across parallel universes to stop a terrible crime. (New Line Cinema)
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Toby Emnmerich
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Gregory Hoblit
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: October 31, 2000
Video: October 31, 2000
Theatrical: April 28, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
118 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Smart, suspenseful, satisfyingly unpredictable.
100
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
One of the most skillful, mesmerizing, tense and satisfying time-warp thrillers ever made.
88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Likely to appeal to the fans of "The Sixth Sense," "Ghost" and other movies where the characters find a loophole in reality. What it also has in common with those two movies is warmth and emotion.
83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
A suspenseful, fascinating movie that milks the premise for all it's worth.
83
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
The star, though, is the script, a rare enough occurrence in Hollywood that it merits special note.
80
Newsweek
Jeff Giles
A touching thriller, a movie that's particularly hard to resist if there are things you never said to your own dad because you didn't have the chance, the inclination or the right ham radio.
80
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Quaid's buoyant earnestness complements the stunning, low-key performance by Caviezel, whose close-ups give new meaning to the idea that still waters run deep.
80
Dallas Observer
Gregory Weinkauf
Braugher does much to hold this show together, because without him, the reality gets muddled. He's a terrific balancing agent for both Caviezel and Quaid; kudos to casting.
80
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
It's like a chick flick for men--and the women who love them, sniff-sniff.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
A fairly wonderful movie about fathers and sons and the mystery of time.
75
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
Corny and far-fetched it may be, but Frequency works - except for some stretches when it doesn't.
75
TNT RoughCut
Don Kaye
Succeeds at getting the viewer to buy into its premise, thanks to solid, often moving characterizations and the gripping way the plot is spun.
75
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Had me watching through misty eyes, at least for the first half.
75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Isn't quite smart enough to untangle one large, insoluble problem at the end.
75
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
May be the first time travel fantasy to move grown fellows with 401(k) accounts to tears.
75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Enough originality and emotional weight to keep you engrossed even when it lapses into some pretty standard moves at the end.
75
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
An enjoyably complex sci-fi suspense thriller.
75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Emmerich's screenplay gains emotional punch from its sincere concern for family values, but science-fiction fans may be disappointed by the limited exploration of its fascinating time-travel premise.
75
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
A very complicated movie. It is also pretty wonderful.
70
Film.com
Gemma Files
Confirming the moral of a thousand "Twilight Zone" episodes: Don't play with time.
70
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
The time shifting raises questions the movie never answers, but it's hard not to enjoy the ride.
70
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
What makes Frequency work despite is shamelessness is the surreal aura that imbues almost every scene with a sense of heightened feeling.
70
Film.com
Moira Macdonald
Worth seeing.
63
USA Today
Andy Seiler
This surprisingly sentimental science-fiction thriller boasts enough fresh twists to satisfy time-travel junkies.
63
San Francisco Examiner
David Armstrong
There's a novel, engaging story trying to transmit through the storm of special effects and convoluted plot twists that mar the movie.
60
Variety
Todd McCarthy
An oddly schizophrenic fantasy thriller that ultimately succumbs to a fatal case of sentimentality.
50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
What do you get when you cross a serial-killer movie with a sappy father/son drama and give it a time-travel twist?
50
Austin Chronicle
Russell Smith
Due largely to the tremendous innate warmth and conviction of leads Quaid and Caviezel ("The Thin Red Line"), you may find yourself cutting a surprising amount of slack for this patently ridiculous tale.
50
LA Weekly
Ron Stringer
If the trailer for this one left you feeling you'd pretty much got it, plot point by plot point, so really why bother.
50
Film.com
Ernest Hardy
Disappointingly dumb.
40
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
After keeping its balance over much treacherous terrain, greedily overreaches and stumbles badly at the close.
20
Mr. Showbiz
F. X. Feeney
As an audience member, you end up feeling like a sucker for even having tolerated that sickly sweet notion about a father, a son, and their silly radio.
 The average user rating for this movie is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
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