Frequency | | Cast : | Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel | | Director : | Gregory Hoblit | | Studio : | New Line Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | April 28, 2000 | | DVD Released Date : | February 03, 2004 | | Language : | English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | The opportunity to change the past. | Content
 | Loved this movie. So intriguing. Kept me on the edge of my seat, wondering how it would all end. With computer literacy, shouldn't this be possible? Science fiction at its best. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | Shrouded in static | Content
| 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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| Rating | | | Date | July 11, 2005 | | Summary | This movie rocks | Content
| This is a true story about..just kidding. Yes it's science fiction, but definately intelligent, alot of fun, and finally an original idea. I saw it in theatre's with my friend and it's very entertaining and it actually has a plot, great acting, and great actors. I've seen it many times since then, and it still is a great flick even though i know what happens. I like Dennis Quaid, he made the movie great. It doesn't come off as being cheesy at all because of the creativty and acting you enjoy it even though this could never happen in real life, even thouigh alot of us wish it could. It's a suspense/thriller/sci-fi, and there are a few funny parts like when he talked to himself on the radio when he was a kid, hehe. Great film.. what else can i say |
| Rating | | | Date | July 10, 2005 | | Summary | Great Thriller/Drama/Time Travel Tale | Content
| Combining the 'moving' nature of great dramas with the excitement and tension of great thrillers, "Frequency" is about a grown son (policeman Jim Caviezel) connecting over shortwave radio with his father (Dennis Quaid) thirty years in the past, shortly before the latter died. Communicating through time, the son manages to prevent the father's death but finds history changed, with the mother of the family now the one who died early and threats emerging to more members of the family in both time periods. Comes off completely believable with great acting and storyflow, highly effective cinematography in the firefight and chase-type scenes, and sparsely used but masterful special effects. Has one of the more riveting climaxes out there, finishing things off with a grand slam. In the spirit and mood of such greats as "Ghost" and "The Green Mile" |
| Rating | | | Date | June 30, 2005 | | Summary | amazing. | Content
| Absolutely AMAZING! going into it, i thought it was going to be an absolute bore, as i was dragged by my cousins, but omg it was absolutely AMAZING! Definately the best movie i have seen in a long time. |
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