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Summary: I am moved to tears.
Review: I like family-love movie very much. From the view point of a father, this movie is excellent. In the movie Frank saved his son, John, who was just murdered, at the last scene. I was moved by the great love of a father. Probably I wouldn't show my love to my sons as much as Frank. In Japan mothers usually take care of children and fathers aren't good at showing their love to family members. So a father tends to be isolated from his family. Of course I am always concerned about my family. But I don't tell them my concerns directly. So my affections aren't handed to them.
I think Frank is a father of fathers. I try to imitate Frank. The movie tells me an important role of a father.
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Summary: Time After Time...
Review: The use of time travel as a plot device has been used in film since the very early days of the medium. The task for filmmakers, using time travel to tell a story, is to find a fresh way to make good use out of it, without copying earlier movies. FREQUENCY succeeds in presenting a new spin on a tried and true plot. Police Officer John Sullivan (Jim Caviezel) has been tormented by the death of his Dad, Frank, (Dennis Quaid) for 30 years. Thanks to a cosmic phenomenon, John learns that he is able to communicate with his Dad from 30 years ago, just before his death using a 2 way radio. However, by changing the past, the 2 men set in motion a chain of events that threatens the life of John's Mom and Frank's wife. Only by working together, can Father and Son attempt to save the woman they love. My plot description may seem confusing to some, but trust me, the film is not. It is easy to understand, once the film starts, you can enjoy it without needing a quantum physics degree to get what's going on. Dennis Quaid gives an outstanding perfomance (his best work to date). Writer Toby Emmerich and Director Gregory Hoblit created a superb film that makes sense and doesn't just dazzle us with effects. The human elements are what makes the film. The moments between Father and Son are right on the mark without being schmaltzy. Elizabeth Mitchell as Julia Sullivan and the great actor Andre Braugher are good supporting players Once again New Line offers great extras on its DVD for the film There is a 37 minute featurette on the "Science and Technology behind Frequency", deleted scences, commentary tracks, an isolated score track and some DVD ROM stuff. This film was only a moderate success by the time it ended its theatrical run. If you want an interesting movie that is very intelligent and has a sci-fi/fact flavor to it. Then, tuning into FREQUENCY, is your best bet
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Summary: Watch this movie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Frequency is the best movie you will ever see. I am 22 years of age today actually and I can't say one bad thing about this movie. I've been sitting here reading everyone elses reviews and actually got pretty bored by them, but I have to say that they are very intellegent reviews. Instead of wasting your time telling you what the movie was about and ruining it for you I am going to tell you why you need to watch this movie.
1)It is the best movie ever
2)It is interesting, keeps you thinking
3)Actors/Actress' were wonderful
4)Come on, you cant miss out on watching Dennis Quaid in any
movie
5)If you don't watch it you will regret it
6)It melts your heart
7)And like Ive told all of my friends about this movie It IS a mens movie and a womans movie It is NOT a Chick flick.
Thanks for taking the time to read my review, its not the greatest review ever but I hope it convinced you enough to rent the movie and watch it. You wont regret it.
Melanie
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Summary: Very moving and unusual sci-fi thriller
Review: I think that Frequency's screenwriter, Toby Emmerich, set out to write a rather original sci-fi movie script. This he did, but he also wound up creating something more. Frequency is one of the best stories about the relationship between father and son ever. I can recommend it as a sci-fi thriller. I can highly recommend it as a modern American drama. As always, I will give you a short plot synopsis, but I must add that, on paper, the story loses something in transition and seems a bit goofy. John Sullivan [James Caviezel] is a cop who lives in the house he grew up in in New York City's Queens borough. He is a a low point in his life now that his wife has walked out on him. One day he and his best friend Gordo [Noah Emmerich] find an old ham radio that John's deceased Dad owned. One night, during a huge display in the sky by the northern lights, some sort of cosmic disturbance occurs. The fabric of time is altered, and John finds himself talking on the old radio to his father, Frank [Dennis Quaid]. Once both of them determine it is not a hoax, John tells Frank, who is living in 1969, that he would not have died in a warehouse fire if only he had tried to escape the other way. The next day, the anniversary of his death, Frank, a fireman, does turn the other way and survives. Joy soon turns to horror when the men discover that they have inadvertently changed the future. They must work together to prevent an even greater tragedy. It is in the two's working together that the story takes flight. Father and son are separated by time. All of their interaction takes place through this ham radio, each man sitting at the same desk thirty years apart. The love between the two is so real and so strong that even the hardest of grown men might shed a tear or two while watching the movie. Caviezel is brilliant, and Quaid is better than he has been in years. I think much of the credit goes to director Gregory Hoblit. Most of his experience has been in television, most notably directing episodes of Hill Street Blues and LA Law. His knowledge of the small screen is part of what makes the scenes between father and son so intimate and believable. Also compelling is how each actor seems so much a part of their time. This is a subtle but important difference that only greatly talented people can bring off. Some great performances are also given by Noah Emmerich, Elizabeth Mitchell as Julia Sullivan, Daniel Henson as John at age six, and Shawn Doyle as Jack Shepard, the villain of the movie. INSIDE SHOTS: Writer Toby Emmerich originally used the idea of a small black hole's causing the time fracture. The studio decided that wasn't filmable enough. Don't blame Emmerich for the illogical substitution of northern lights...
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Summary: "Frequency" is emotional and very well-made!
Review: "Frequency", to me, is like two stories in one...the first story is set in 1969 and it describes Frank Sullivan (an outstanding Dennis Quaid), a working-class NY fireman living in Queens with a loving wife (Elizabeth Mitchell) and his son John. The second story is set in 1999, 30 years later. It describes John Sullivan (Jim Caviezel), all grown up and is a police officer, not a firefighter like his father. Basically, John could not get over the fact that Frank, his father, had died in a building fire. John's best friend Gordo (Noah Emmerich) comes across a ham radio inside John's house. The ham radio used to belong to Frank a long time ago, so Gordo urges John to give it a try. And soon enough, the radio works under the different frequencies of the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis. John could not believe it when he is talking to his father, who's been dead for 30 years. As the film goes on, there is a string of murders that are the work of a serial killer. And John in 1999 and Frank in 1969 must team up to prevent these killings from happening again from the results of 30 years ago. Gregory Hoblit ("Primal Fear", "Fallen") directed this film with perfection all the way! "Frequency" is so entertaining and so thrilling that it will have you asking the question: "What if you could go back in time and change the event that altered your life forever?" This is Dennis Quaid's best performance since "The Big Easy" and "Flesh and Bone". And this is Jim Caviezel's breakout performance in which he did an excellent job. And the DVD version of "Frequency" just couldn't be better, with deleted scenes and more! "Frequency" is truly one of the best sci-fi drama-type films ever made.
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Summary: Great flick for any time!!!!
Review: After seeing the incredible Count of Monte Cristo, I looked up this film costarring Jim Caviezel hoping for an okay flick. However, it definately exceeded my expectations!!! Caviezel is John Sullivan, a young cop living in Queens in 1999. His father (Dennis Quaid in a great performance) Frank was a firefighter who died thirty years ago in a warehouse fire. However, John is given everyone's dream of getting a second chance to fix the past!! By some strange phenomenon concerning Northern Lights, John is able to talk to Frank in 1969, over his father's old ham radio, and on the eve of his father's death warns him that he will die tomorrow. Although Frank is unconvinced that the voice on air is his son from the future, he "goes the other way" and escapes from the burning warehouse. Not interested yet? Because Frank did not die in the fire, his wife, a nurse, accidently saves the life of a serial killer. Unfortunately, back in 1999, a horrified John discovers that mother has been murdered by the said serial killer in 1969!!! It's up to John and Frank, in a father-son collaboration, to catch the killer and save their wife/mother before the killer gets to both of them first. This is really an interesting and absorbing movie, and I guarantee you'll be hooked until the very end!!!*
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Summary: Twice in one day!!!
Review: I can't believe it! I had caught bits and pieces of this movie on cable, but it never caught my interest, AT ALL. Then, one day, I happened to catch it at the beginning. That was all it took! I was completely engrossed -- so much so, that when it came on three hours later on another channel, I found myself riveted to my seat yet again, for the entire show. Something that's never happened to me before. As someone else mentioned, this is definitely a movie to watch over and over again -- all the subtle details just can't be picked up in one viewing. Fine performances by all, including Shawn Doyle (the killer), whom I hadn't seen mentioned in the other reviews I read (of course, I didn't read all 160+ reviews!!). I can tell this will be one of those movies that I'll hound all my friends and family to watch!
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Summary: Super-sappy ho-hum.
Review: The movie would have been shorter by at least half an hour without those overdone slow motions overflowing with mega-sap. Overall hokey and unconvincing; terrible example of overdone Hollywood sentimentality with dramatic musical score overkill. Forgettable movie.
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Summary: Climatic!
Review: You will be at the edge of your seat from beginning to the end. One of the best action films I've watched in a long time.
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Summary: Touching and escapist at the same time
Review: Wildly improbable though the storyline is, Frequency is a very touching tale. Only the most prune-faced killjoy could resist this offbeat blend of sci-fi and family drama. Kudos to director Gregory Hoblit for creating an exciting, tightly paced movie. He is helped by an excellent cast, including Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel as father and son respectively. The underrated Quaid gives one of his best performances and Caviezel captures the brooding intensity of his role most effectively. (On the strength of this performance, Caviezel must surely be poised for stardom. He has a compelling screen presence and the knid of angular handsomeness that the camera loves.) I won't spoil the plot for first-time viewers, except to say that Frequency constantly surprises with its clever twists and elaborate plot. Just when you're about to say to yourself, "Ah, so that's it", a new development jolts you out of your complacency. The DVD is outstanding, both visually and aurally, and is complemented by an interesting documentary, along with several outtakes from the movie. Highly recommended.
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