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"Frequency"
118
minutes | Rated: PG-13 Opened: Friday, April 28, 2000
Video Release Date: TBD
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Directed
by: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Andre Braugher, Elizabeth
Mitchell, Noah Emmerich & Shawn Doyle
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"Frequency"
Get past the weather caused time travel issue, and this film works.
Set your
dial and tune in. "FREQUENCY" is a movie that works if you buy off on
the time travel aspect.
The movie starts out slow but turns into a fantastic thriller. Dennis
Quaid stars as a firefighter in 1969 and Jim Caviezel stars as his son
who happens to be a detective in 1999. Now, here is the part you need
to believe for the movie to work, there is a weather phenomenon that happens
and it makes it so the father and son can communicate via a ham radio
from thirty years apart.
The movie begins with setting up the relationship of the father and son
and it is quite touching. As Caviezel finds his fathers old ham radio,
he turns it on and suddenly he is speaking to his deceased father. Through
some twists, he is able to tell his father when and how he died. Quaid
takes his sons advice and survives. This changes the world that Caviezel
is living in. This also changes the lives of his father and mother. The
thrills start happening and a mystery begins.
The movie really picks up and powers to a great ending. There are some
good laughs and shocks. The audience I was with applauded during and after
the film. This is a crowd pleaser and should do fairly well at the box
office. A nice touch is the emotional connection between the two leading
men. "FREQUENCY" will touch you, if you let it.
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