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Summary: A perfect movie!
Review: This movie consists of SF and family love. I could not foresee the ending. So I was excited through the movie.
I would like to recommend this movie to you all.
You must be satisfied. Thank you.
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Summary: This frequency is shrouded in static
Review: What would you say to your father, dead for many years? That's an interesting question and the results can most certainly be touching. FREQUENCY ponders that question but the results seem more manipulative and unsure than the premise itself. So, it wears its emotions on its sleeve and offers a forced tear-jerker. The film involves a father and son who, using a ham radio and the aurora borealis (I am not making that up), are able to chat even though they are separated in time by three decades. During the course of their communication, however, they change the future for the better... and for the worse. That change becomes the thrust of the story. The gimmick was done better in the BACK TO THE FUTURE series and the father/son reconciliation is better served in another film with baseball as a recurring theme, FIELD OF DREAMS. The reconciliation here seems unnecessary, even false, as we don't see the father/son falling out. We don't see an argument that needs to be mended. No relationship that needs a boost. That would add some urgency to their communication... Dennis Quaid is a very likable presence in the film, but otherwise the performances are nothing more than sufficient. The direction leaves a lot to be desired; after all we spend a load of time watching 2 people talk on a radio. That is even difficult for an experienced filmmaker to make interesting. The film seems to wander until it decides what kind of story to tell, and the suspense thriller ending seems awfully contrived. FREQUENCY's biggest problem came from its marketing and the studio's own misguided understanding of the film they were making. With more focus, a real tearjerker would've been a guarantee. There are still some tears by the more sensitive amidst the audience. Got frequency? Change the station. The DVD itself has a nice audio video transfer and some appropriate extras.
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Summary: TERRIFIC, WONDERFUL AND MOVING!
Review: This wonderful movie is a real sleeper! I never heard of it before my sister saw it on cable and alerted me. It's just a quality story from start to finish. Good acting, good directing, fabulous 60's sets, intricate plot that left me on the edge of my seat for the last half of the movie! I think the plot was tight and without holes. One reviewer asked why the killer waited 30 years to make his move? Well, it was because he did not know that our protagonist knew of his crime until very shortly before the killer attempted to kill our boy. That's the nature, and the fun,of these "time" conundrums. I actually could not spot a hole in the plot that could not be explained by examining exactly what who knew when! Loved it and will watch it again.
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Summary: fabulus movie a real work of suspence and action
Review: the movie was one of the best iv'e ever seen even though i am a real fan of just compleate action. it was probally the best movie i ever saw. the opening scene is ok and then everything gets good and then it shows that his father is...
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Summary: Plot holes galore and excessive sentimentality
Review: There are some interesting ideas in this film. It does try to be a father and son story, but somehow gets caught in the murky confusion of a temporal story gone awry. There are several plot holes, and no matter how seemingly compelling the father and son story gets, we can't ignore them. If you are like me and can't overlook cheesy, all too convenient solutions to problems, and plethoras of plot holes, you probably would be best off avoiding this one.
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Summary: This movie will make you cry
Review: this movie is the best there is. it makes you think "if i could go back in time what would i change?" to anyone who has lost a loved one this movie will touch your heart and make you wish your loved ones were with you. the movie also has a beautiful soundtrack everyone should see this movie.
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Summary: Frequency
Review: A victim of a bad marketing campaign that made it seem like a warm, fuzzy, family ties movie, FREQUENCY is actually a thriller darkened considerably by the main plotline, a murder investigation that involves the collaboration across a 30 year time gap via a ham radio between a police detective and his deceased firefighter father, with an oddly moving performance by Quaid as the father. Plays kind of like a old Twilight Zone episode colorized and lengthened to feature film.
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Summary: Very well-done 80's style time travel movie
Review: In many ways, this movie is a variation of the concept the movie "Back to the Future" explored, with a slightly more deeper focus on the character-relationships between the father and the son character. Perhaps it is the presence of Dennis Quaid that makes it feel like an 80's film. Or maybe it is the changing-past-altering-future time travel concept. Nevertheless, it's a fun concept to explore, the idea of being able to communicate with somebody from the past through a radio, and thus warning that person in the past, thus altering the events of the present. This is basically what happens when John, a police detective, finds himself communicating with his presently dead father in the past through a HAM radio and manages to prevent his death. As a result, it somehow results in a set of serial murders, of which John must try to solve (with a help of his dad). The relationship between the father and son are quite endearing and the mystery thriller and sci-fi elements are an interesting bonus.
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Summary: HIGH FREQUENCY
Review: Time travel movies are always hard to pull off, and even though "Frequency" leaves a lot of unanswered questions, one cannot deny how effective and touching a film it is. Buoyed by the fantastic performances of Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel and Elizabeth Mitchell, the story is mesmerizing and thoughtfully executed. There are several scenes of rare poignancy in depicting the relationship between not only a father and a son, but also a family who truly loves each other. Hoblit's direction keeps things moving well, as we experience a parallel time type of scenario. Things going on in 1969 are paralleled with the actions in 1999, and it's unique the way the story shows John acquiring new memories as things change in 1969. By the end of the movie, my mind was buzzing with questions. By that time, however, it's not that important. The ending is so satisfying that you can't help but want to stand up and cheer. One big crime, though, is the Academy Awards' error in not even nominating the beautiful song, "When You Come Back to Me Again," written by Garth Brooks. In an era where songs are merely added for padding or to sell soundtracks, this song appropriately supports the whole theme of the story. What a shame! Anyway, this is a great movie. It's tender, suspenseful, witty and ultimately a real sleeper!
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Summary: Thought-Provoking AND Suspenseful AND Great Aurorae
Review: Considering watching movies to be a waste of time, I very nearly missed this. Mom brought Frequency home from the library one day and told me that it dealt with time travel, with a present person's disruption of the past. "Oh, how original, ha, ha," I thought. Nevertheless, I decided that it could not hurt to watch the beginning, and, after seeing the awe-inspiring auroral activity and hearing it explained in relation to string theory, I thought I'd stick around to see where this film was going. Boy, was I glad I did... First of all, no time travel, at least in the popularly accepted sense, actually occurs; that is, every character remains in his appropriate time. To be accurate, it is a movie about the synchronism of two plotscapes 30 years distant. As the interact, small changes in the earlier result in a myriad of variations in the later and the intervening decades. I believe that Frequency's theory is valid insofar as events we assume to occur chronologically are actually, if they could be seen from a higher-dimensional perspective (i.e. that of God, certainly incomprehensible to humans!), synchronous. (This is much closer to the view presented in Slaughterhouse 5, though Frequency still relates.) In fact, I accept the idea that given the right circumstances--perhaps a large-scale magnetic storm would play a role--communication between these different times may be possible. However, I also believe that all of time was created with all of space, and that, just as a line stretches out within a plane, everything that has happened and will happen is immutably laid out within this third temporal dimension. Thus, even if inter-time communication were to take place, all of future and past would remain unchanged, for the effects of this interaction have already been ingrained into the grand scheme of time. (On a side note, yes, this does entail predestination; no, that neither precludes free-will nor excuses laziness--but that is another essay in itself.) Unfortunately, this theory does not lend itself well to film. Well, enough of my philosophical musings. I do hope that this movie will immerse you in such abstruse, mindbending ruminations--and then if anyone ever tells you that you cannot stimulate your mind while staring into a television screen, gainsay them with one word: Frequency. Of course, I suppose that the idea of movie grounded in the abstract reasoning of modern theoretical physics does not titillate everyone. Thus, I ought to mention that this is by no means the entirety of the film. Its gripping, suspenseful tale of murder is sure to keep the viewer enthralled. The climax is one of the most exciting I've seen (though granted, coming from me, that's not saying a whole lot), and the final resolution is great--cool enough that for a moment I forgot how this movie contradicts to my metaphysical ideas. I dare not say more than that, but know that Frequency is a complete film, not one of those movies that leaves the viewer asking, "That's it?!" Although the gravity of the murder thriller prevails, the movie does also contain a few humorous touches. For the sentimentalists, it is also a touching story of the relationship between father and son. Furthermore, I must say again that the auroral scenes are spectacular (especially for New York). This movie delights on so many accounts that to reserve two hours for watching it is definitely worthwhile! ~pythia~
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