Frequency on DVD (2000)

Average rating: 71%

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6 Critics reviews
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Starring:	Dennis Quaid, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell, Andre Braugher, Jim Caviezel, Noah Emmerich
Director:	Gregory Hoblit
Studio:	ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time:	114 mins
Certificate:
Collections:	100 Cops & Robbers
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Genres:	Drama
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Released:	11/12/2000

Brief synopsis of Frequency

An inspiring, hopeful psychological thriller, FREQUENCY features two standout performances by Quaid (D.O.A.) and Caviezel (THE THIN RED LINE). Caviezel is John Sullivan, a 36-year-old police officer who has never quite gotten over the early death of his father, Frank (Quaid), a firefighter who lost his life while on the job. When John discovers that he has begun to miraculously communicate with his father over short wave radio, circa 1969, he tries to warn him of the impending disaster, changing history in the process.

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Critics Reviews

Radio Times

Changing the past to alter the present is the intriguing premise of this diverting thriller. Via an ancient ham radio set, Jim Caviezel is able to speak to his beloved fireman dad, Dennis Quaid, across 30 years of time, on the day before Quaid is due to die in a warehouse blaze. Forewarned by Caviezel, Quaid escapes his fate, but his survival changes history: suddenly, Caviezel's mum (Elizabeth Mitchell) no longer exists! Combining a relationship yarn with a race-against-time bid to hunt down a killer, it plays like a big-budget episode of The Twilight Zone. Paradoxes appear as the film gets increasingly complex, but our interest is maintained by fine performances from Quaid and Caviezel, and by sharp direction from Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear), whose only serious misjudgement is an unforgivably slushy finale.

Rating of 1
stars out of 4 Halliwell's Film Guide

Supernatural tale of father-son relationships and male-bonding that becomes an increasingly silly thriller involving a serial killer. Its appeal appears to lie in the evasion at its centre: its refusal to accept the fact of death.

Time Out

This ambitious but frustrating timeshift thriller never quite manages to jam together two distinct stories. In 1999,... Read more on www.timeout.com

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Vastly underated

DrAndyP from West Sussex , 29/09/2004

This film appears to have sunk without a trace since release which is a shame as it is a well acted, interesting and original thriller.

John Sullivan (Caviezel) is a New York cop who's fireman father (Quaid) died in a warehouse fire 30 years previously.

Due to freak weather conditions caused by the Northern lights, Sullivan is able to contact his dad in the past via an old ham radio. Cue much changing of history and messing with timelines as the father and son get to know each other. Back in 1969 a serial killer is on the loose and he also casts his shadow over future events, however this is the only part of the story which feels a bit 'tacked' on.

I really enjoyed this film and would recommend it as a good Friday night choice. Such a novel idea could have been used to better effect but what is there is well worth the watch.

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