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Summary: A thoroughly enjoyable movie experience!
Review: This is one of those movies that surprised both me and my wife in a very pleasant way. Dennis Quaid and James Caviezel are father and son seperated by the father's death some 30 years earlier. Through a freak solar and atmospheric occurence, they are able to communicate through time via the father's short-wave radio. Seeing the father with his son, as a 6-year old, in 1969 and their interaction 30 years later, is wonderful to watch. What starts as a touching reunion turns into a taut thriller as the son realizes that his interaction with his father has caused tragic and unexpected results. The question that comes to mind is this. If you could save a loved one, would you do it if the result meant things about your life (or other people's) might change, for better or worse? Dennis Quaid plays the working class, NY fireman as both loving and a bit hard-nosed. James Caviezel is great to watch as the son who has grown into a man who is not what he or his father envisioned, but who has a chance to redeem himself. If you have children, many of the situations will tug at your heart, but this movie is not pandering to your base emotions. It shows the paths that each life takes based on decisions and fate and makes you think about what is in store for each of us. Some plot issues are glossed over a bit, but they do not interfere with the enjoyment of the film. The setting in the middle-class New York neighborhood gives a nice feel to the film and it is nice to see a movie that can show gritty realism and heart-warming interaction in the same two hours. The video transfer of this DVD is very good and the audio will have you looking over your shoulder if you have a surround sound system. There are quite a few extras to sift through as well. Load this disc, sit back in a comfy chair and be entertained.
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Summary: A movie worth watching!
Review: For those of you who missed this film in the theatres, now you have the chance to see one of the most under-rated films of the year. This movie really makes me think about family, and how we often take it forgranted. Sure thats a little sappy, but this story really gets to me. It asks the question, what if you could change the past, and how would it affect the present. Now I don't have anything major I would want to change at this point in my life, but still, the premise is neat to think about. The story has a wierd angle to the reasons behind this strange occurance, some may get turned off this movie because of it, but if you take the movie for what it is, I'm sure you will really enjoy it as I do. The dvd contains some interesting extra features as well, which made this worth purchasing for me.
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Summary: An all around good film
Review: This is one of the better movies I saw this past year. It is a non stop adventure that most people will really enjoy. Note: When watching this movie do not start questioning everything in the movie. IT's not meant to be scientificly correct. IF you start saying "yeah right, a signal is bouncing off the northern lights and is going 30 years into the past", or "like the northern lights would really be around for 3 or 4 days let alone even be visible in Queens" you won't enjoy the movie. You'll be missing the point. Just sit back, don't question things, let the movie entertain you and you will probably find this movie enjoyable.
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Summary: excellent flick
Review: riveting and full of action...it holds the viewer's interest completely...i had to really pay attention just to keep up with all the time shifts, i am actually suprised that it wasn't at the box office longer...
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Summary: REALLY SPECIAL, UNIQUE, MAGICAL, ACTION-PACKED
Review: This is a movie both sexes will love. It has something for everyone, is engaging, filled with great action sequences, as well as a thought-provoking plot that makes sense. We loved it.
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Summary: A nice idea, competently executed, but...
Review: "Frequency" might be classified as science fiction, if only because of its basic premise: that a particularly violent episode of sunspots links October of 1969 with October of 1999, or at least, allows a young Queens cop in 1999 to communicate with his father in 1969 by way of a single ham radio. The father had died in a warehouse fire in, you guessed it, October of 1969, and after heeding his son's warning, the timeline is irrevocably altered. The complications that ensue from that alteration, and the attempts of father and son to make right what they have made wrong, comprise the bulk of the film. On a different level, we are treated to a family-friendly vision of life in the city, of the bond between father and son, etc. etc. The premise would be more attractive, and the story more engaging, if the film didn't degenerate into typical Hollywood fare. For example, the father is not only a New York firefighter, but also a heedlessly courageous, manly, all-American firefighter whose daring exploits are worthy of slow-motion camera work. After avoiding his death in the warehouse fire, the "complications" that ensue involve the survival of a serial killer who would otherwise have died with only three victims to his credit--and if there is any more overdone and hackneyed criminal premise in movies today, the serial killer would have to be it. Notwithstanding these disappointments, the inevitable paradoxes of tampering with the past are not resolved very well in this film; as a result of his communications with his father, the son finds that all the world has changed, excepting his memories, which now include not one but _both_ timelines. As the action resolutely approaches the climax, the holes in the plot become bigger and bigger. The willing suspension of disbelief required to remain fully immersed in this film, and not head-shakingly outside of it, was more than I was able to manage. If you do not have such logical requirements, and if typical Hollywood action fare and trite plot elements don't bother you, "Frequency" is worth seeing.
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Summary: A sci-fi with an emotional overlay
Review: The interesting, if somewhat farfetched premise of this movie is that a young man in 1999 is able to communicate via a ham radio with his father who is living in 1969. The father, who was a fireman, died during a warehouse fire. With his foreknowledge, the son is able to direct his father away from the danger of the fire. The father's survival then sets off a series of events which includes interaction with a serial killer. This strange plot twist is made palatable by the believable acting job of Dennis Quaid and James Caviezel and by the touching interaction between two men whose relationship was ended by the father's untimely death. It makes for interesting viewing.
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Summary: Touching story, great concept, weird science
Review: You'll enjoy this movie quite a bit if you forget everything you've been told via movies and TV about time travel. This has a different take on it. Once you accept their premise the script is tight and works very well. The acting is good too. The subtext of this movie is the relationship between a man and his father who died while he was still young. Now he has a chance to change that.
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Summary: A decent movie that gets derailed halfway through...
Review: The movie starts off with a promising sci-fi premise, and is strenghtened by a heartfealt story. The acting was simply great by all involved. However, halfway through the movie it changes into a predictable "fugitive" type of action/suspense flick. This is anotheter case of a half written script with another hour of filler added by some hollywood formula writer. Also, the ending simply does not add up at all, if you really think about it. All in all, it was an OK movie to watch if you have the time to kill.
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Summary: Don't be scared off by the Sci-Fi premise, it's a good movie
Review: So what would you do if you could communicate with your father thirty years in the past one day before he is killed? Would you warn him? And if you did, would he believe you? This is the dilemma for John Sullivan, (Jim Caviezel) a thirty-something Queens detective who has spent the last thirty years lamenting the loss of his fire fighting father (played by Dennis Quaid). Through some vaguely explained phenomenon they begin to talk through time over his dad's old ham radio. As they talk, and the reality of his fathers looming demise sets in, John warns his father about event that are about to unfold. Skeptical at first, John's father Frank, quickly becomes a believer. Franks escapes the terrible fire, but the repercussions on the future are shocking and unexpected. I won't tell you what these repercussions are, but I will tell you they are very interesting and thought provoking. "Frequency" does a good job of exploring the "what if" factor, but also stresses the "No man should know too much about his future." princible. Quaid and Caviezel develop a pretty good chemistry as father and son, and the emotion between them seems real enough. (Though the New York accents seem a little too thick at times) I have two problems with "Frequency"; the first is that it takes a little too long to get going which is a product of such a far-fetched story. It takes a lot of up front information to get the audience up to speed. But having said that, once the story does take off it keeps you interested. The second is just a couple of time line inconsistencies that I had trouble explaining, but then again maybe that's just me. All things considered, I did like and enjoy the movie, and even more the second time I watched it. If you do watch this film I would recommend watching it twice. I think you will be able to enjoy it more once you have a firm grasp on the premise. I don't know that this would be a movie that I would buy, but I'm definitely glad I rented it.
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