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- 2000
- PG-13
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 58 m
- 2000
- PG-13
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 58 m
Summary 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)
Directed By: Gregory Hoblit
Written By: Toby Emmerich
- 2000
- PG-13
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 58 m
- 2000
- PG-13
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 58 m
Frequency
67
8.5
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Summary 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)
Directed By: Gregory Hoblit
Written By: Toby Emmerich
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
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78% Positive
25 Reviews
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19% Mixed
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3% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
67
78% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
19% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
One of the most skillful, mesmerizing, tense and satisfying time-warp thrillers ever made.
It's like a chick flick for men--and the women who love them, sniff-sniff.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 220 User Ratings
8.5
86% Positive
190 Ratings
190 Ratings
6% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
8% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 220 User Ratings
8.5
86% Positive
190 Ratings
190 Ratings
6% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
8% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
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Wanted to see this movie since it came out when I was 10, but for soooome reason (it's rated R), that was a no-go.
Well, I finally caught it in 2020 and HOLY CROW it is *hands down* one of the best movies I've ever seen!
It's perfect! Suspenseful, emotional, way cool premise and - what I wasn't prepared for and absolutely why it's rated R - so intense! This movie was marketed as a sci-fi, but it is equally a *thriller.* I for sure would have been horrified (and fascinated) with its darker side as a kid.
I'll never understand why this movie isn't better known. For my part, I'm telling everybody. 10/10!
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Corny and far-fetched it may be, but Frequency works - except for some stretches when it doesn't.
Enough originality and emotional weight to keep you engrossed even when it lapses into some pretty standard moves at the end.
The time shifting raises questions the movie never answers, but it's hard not to enjoy the ride.
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.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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This film is a family drama in which a son communicates with his father, dead for years, through a radio that, through some mysterious means and that the film does not clarify much, opens a temporary portal or something. All those who say this seems implausible have reason to say it, and I understand that because I also thought so. The problem with the script is that it has its origin in such a weak premise because otherwise the story is profound, touching and so pleasing that the logical weakness of the story ends up being forgiven. The characters are also easily appealing and pleasing, being well developed from the psychological point of view. Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel are the main actors of the cast and have lived up to expectations, achieving a very pleasant bond between them. The rest of the cast virtually does what it has to do and nothing else.
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
