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| Frequency [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC) | ![Frequency [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FY2MQ473L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Gregory Hoblit
Actors: Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell, Andre Braugher
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
Buy New: £4.80
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (28 reviews)
Sales Rank: 66714
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 118 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN5058D
ISBN: 0780631560
UPC: 794043505829
EAN: 9780780631564
ASIN: B00004YA66
Release Date: October 31, 2000
Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 2000
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Amazon.co.uk Review
IFrequency/I is really two different--though inextricably linked--movies. First, the emotional drama of a father and son reunited after 30 years of separation. Then there is a science fiction thriller, in which a couple of chance solar storms, occurring exactly 30 years apart, can provide the agency through which the father and son can communicate using the very same ham radio in parallel time frames of 1969 and 1999. The son is John Sullivan (Jim Caviezel), a cop, and his father is Frank (Dennis Quaid), a firefighter who died on the job when John was six, which just happens to be tomorrow for Frank when he and his now-adult son begin talking across time. This is great for John, because now he can warn his dad about the upcoming fire and avert the catastrophe that left him fatherless for most of his life. Accomplishing this gives John new memories of his life with Dad, but unfortunately alters the course of a serial killer, with tragic effect on John's family history. Since John is a cop, and the case he's working on turns out to be the same unsolved case from 30 years before, he and his father work together over the ham radio to solve the case and hopefully avert the tragedy that befell their family. Time-travel stories have always been problematic, demanding either an extra degree of credulity on the part of the audience or an extra level of explanation on the part of storytellers, which is invariably cumbersome. IFrequency/I handles the troublesome time paradoxes by having John explain how, having altered his past, he now experiences both timelines, as if he's had two pasts that converge in his present. And as changes continue to be wrought in John's past, we see him becoming more and more confused. No doubt the audience can sympathise, at least those of us who try to follow the ramifications of the rapidly accruing time fractures. Luckily, the bond between father and son is so strongly realised in the deeply felt performances of both Caviezel and Quaid that you don't even need to consider the science fiction elements in order to enjoy the film. But if you can suspend your disbelief long enough to allow for the possibility of time shifts, you will have a far richer experience. --IJim Gay, Amazon.com/I
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 Don't bother with Deja Vu - try this instead. August 10, 2008
Having just watched Deja Vu for the first time, I have decided to go back in time and review Frequency in retrospect. Where the former has a rather unconvincing plot together with unsympathetic characters, Frequency is far more believable (as SF films go!), and the characters more three-dimensional and human. Where Deja Vu plods along and peters out at the end, Frequency keeps the momentum going throughout, and accelerates towards a thrilling finale. br /There may be a few tiny holes in the time-travel department, but this does not detract from what is a hugely rewarding film.
 A lesson in not interefering with the timeline March 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Frequency is a great science fiction movie. An old CB radio provides a direct communication link between a father and son despite the 30 year time gap between them. The result is that the well-intentioned son starts to advise his father. Interfering with the linear nature of time though throws up a number of dangerous challenges and unexpected problems for them (the 'law of unintended consequences').br /br /This film is actually two stories in one - time communication and the hunt for a serial killer. Either plots would have probably been enough for a single movie.br /br /There are times when you might get a tad confused while watching this, but overall it does a good job of bringing time travel to life - not in a funny sense like 'Back to the Future', but instead through a plot that has much more serious undertones.
 Professor Hawkins, just look what your time-space continuum theories have done! September 27, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Surely if there's one thing the movies have taught us, it's not to mess around with the past. Changing the past inevitably changes the future, and that's almost never good news. Especially not for lonely sons who manage to come into contact with long dead fathers through the magic of old ham radios, dark stormy nights and, well, something strange to do with the aurora borealis.br /br /Be warned, Frequency is presented in all seriousness, despite it's preposterous premise. Dennis Quaid plays a baseball loving fire fighter, straight out of Backdraft, and Jim Cavieziel plays his son John (30 years into the future), a workaholic modern day cop, complete with all the pent up anger and cliched relationship troubles that job always seems to entail. Luckily, before long they've both forgotten the complexities of the inexplicable hole in time that's allowing them to communicate, and they've joined forces in pursuit of a vicious serial killer. Objects and information fly from past to present, and there is the added suspense of one man knowing the future before it happens, but although this sounds quite an interesting idea, it's ruined by a lack of subtlety and a ton of sentimentality.br /br /Frequency mixes up such a lot of genres, but without any finesse. It's a saccharine coated time-travel/serial killer/father-son/thriller/action movie, but it's sadly lacking in the compensatory humour that usually accompanies such far-fetched ideas. Somewhere in the middle of it all is a neat little story trying to get out, but it's hard to find underneath all he layers of dull contrivance and genre overkill.br /br /
ABSOLUTLEY GRIPPING. September 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am not going to tell you the story, it's there to read on all the other reviews. What I am going to say is do not miss this film, it will grip you from the very beginning and hold you long after the credits have rolled. A superb thriller that has a few very unexpected twists. The cast have put in a brilliant performance that deserves far more recognition than has been given. Two thumbs up for a top notch movie.
A VERY CHARACTER DRIVEN STORY August 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Several films have deal with changing the past and the ensuing effects on the future. "Back to the Future", "Timecop", and "The Final Countdown" come immediately to mind. Director Gregory Hoblit (his "Fallen" (1998)and "Primal Fear" (1996) were both excellent) explores that theme again in "Frequency". But writer Toby Emmerich (in his first writing credit), puts a different spin on the theme. In most 'changing the past' films, a character goes back in time. In "Frequency", one main character lives in 1999 while another lives in 1969--and you see the actions in 1969 immediately affecting 1999. Sounds confusing, huh? Well, it is. But it works.br /br /The movie opens with the introduction of the Sullivan family. Frank (Dennis Quaid) is a heroic New York firefighter, and escapes a harrowing situation to return home to his wife and his 6-year-old son John. It's an exciting time in New York, as the 'Miracle Mets' have made the World Series. Frank is a ham radio user, and a strange disturbance in the sky (solar flares, I believe. I never took astronomy) in the sky has really increased the range of his radio. "I'm reaching people I've never reached before", he says. Flash forward to 1999, when young John has grown up into a 36-year-old NY homicide detective (James Caviezel) with relational problems (and possibly a drinking problem as well). We learn his father died several years earlier in a warehouse fire, and it's obvious that John has never really gotten over it. He ends up setting up the old ham radio (did I mention that the solar flares are back?), and contacts a fellow New Yorker named Frank. It certainly won't ruin any big surprise when I tell you that it's his father Frank--in 1969. After recovering from his astonishment and convincing his father who he really is (his knowledge of the 1969 World Series proves quite helpful), they begin a series of nightly conversations. Unfortunately, their conversations change the past--and the future--in very dangerous ways. A serial killer who should only have 3 victims suddenly has more, and John must use his knowledge of the crimes (30 years old to him) to guide his dad in a 1969 pursuit of the killer. And the chase is on. Will they stop the killer? Will the solar flares last long enough for them to finish their plan? Will anyone in 1999 or 1969 believe them?br /br /That lengthy 'plot summary' really didn't ruin any of the suspense--or come close to explaining the whole story. So, it goes without saying that the story is pretty convoluted and involved. But it's not hard to follow, and the movie grabbed me and kept me interested throughout. Granted, you will need to use a serious amount of 'suspension of disbelief'. If you get hung up on "there's no way they could be talking to each other" or "changes in the past wouldn't immediately appear in the future--they would have already happened and would have been there all along", you'll do 2 things: (1) you'll give yourself a headache, and (2) you'll miss out on a very entertaining film. The reason I gave this more stars than last week's "U-571"? I cared about the characters, and I found "Frequency" much more entertaining. Also, the story was quite original--with great use of the Miracle Mets and the 1969 World Series throughout.br /br /Speaking of the characters--Quaid and Caviezel both do great work. Their conversations via radio are very touching and authentic (once you accept the general premise, of course). Although Quaid is a 'movie star', don't let that fool you--he's a very good (and probably underrated) actor. Just watch him as Doc Holliday in "Wyatt Earp" (1994), Remy McSwain in "The Big Easy" (1987), or Gordo Cooper in "The Right Stuff" (1983) if you don't believe me. And Caviezel's a real up-and-comer (1998's "The Thin Red Line"). He does a great job as a grieving son who is reunited (in a way) with his father, but watches his joy dissipate in the face of the mess he's created. He also believably portrays a character who has memories of the way things were, but is now bombarded with 'new' memories of the way things have become. The other characters are definitely secondary, but Elizabeth Mitchell as wife/mom Julia, and Andre Braugher (TV's "Homicide", 1998's "City of Angels", and 1989's "Glory") as Frank's policeman friend Satch are both solid.br /br /This film has some decent action/suspense scenes, and 1999 John's radio conversation with his buddy Gordo (in 1969) is very funny. There have certainly been better action/suspense/serial killer movies (the action scenes weren't amazing, the story has some holes, and I thought the ending was a little cheesy), but the heart of the film is the relationship between Frank and John. I bought into that relationship fully, and that's why I liked this film as much as I did. And that's why I definitely recommend seeing "Frequency".
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