Frequency

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Frequency

PG-13,

2000,

1h 57m,

Fantasy

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What if you had the chance to travel back in time and change just one event in your life? What would it be? For John Sullivan (Jim Caviezel), there is no question. He would undo the events of October 12, 1969, when the out-of-control Buxton fire took the life of his father (Dennis Quaid), a heroic firefighter. Now John may get exactly what he wished for -- and much more than he bargained for.

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Critics Consensus

A tight blend of surprises and suspense keeps audiences spellbound.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 24, 2010

4/5

Scary, tense, grisly mystery-thriller.

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

Jun 6, 2007

Quaid's buoyant earnestness complements the stunning, low-key performance by Caviezel, whose close-ups give new meaning to the idea that still waters run deep.

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Nick Funnell

Time Out

Jan 26, 2006

This ambitious but frustrating timeshift thriller never quite manages to jam together two distinct stories.

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Tony Black

Cultural Conversation

Feb 15, 2021

3/5

Frequency attempts to ground its subject matter in a level of humanity. The message is simple: you *can* go home again.

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

Sep 5, 2019

2.5/5

A film that works for virtually all of its running time on a scene-by-scene basis, but also completely fails to work as a holistic object.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Aug 15, 2016

3.5/4

It's an appealingly out-there premise that's employed to perpetually captivating effect by filmmaker Gregory Hoblit...

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Apr 23, 2019

wonderful wonderful script!

Mar 26, 2019

It has heart, touching, and interesting story telling exactly what people want to see in 'good movies'.

Anakin S

Dec 30, 2018

For all the manipulation of the time-space continuum in the name of string theory, the Oedipal fantasies and acousmatic voice, the intertwined parallels between violently dispassionate law, dispassionately violent fire, and passionately violent serial killers, perhaps the most ridiculous and most poetic thing here is that someone would still go ham on a ham radio at the turn of the millennium.

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Dec 5, 2018

I had to write a movie review about it.

Abraham W

Oct 28, 2018

It's one thing to have to temporarily suspend disbelief of the supernatural, and to play along with arbitrary rules governing those phenomena. But it's quite another to have those rules non-uniformly applied. Fun concepdespite the imperfect execution and logical holes.

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Anakin S

Sep 29, 2018

The unique premise is riveting enough to keep watching, but Frequency sloppily meshes genres in an already stuffed film.

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Gregory Hoblit

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Frank Sullivan

Jim Caviezel

John Sullivan

Andre Braugher

Satch DeLeon

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Synopsis

What if you had the chance to travel back in time and change just one event in your life? What would it be? For John Sullivan (Jim Caviezel), there is no question. He would undo the events of October 12, 1969, when the out-of-control Buxton fire took the life of his father (Dennis Quaid), a heroic firefighter. Now John may get exactly what he wished for -- and much more than he bargained for.

Director: Gregory Hoblit
Producer: Bill Carraro, Toby Emmerich, Gregory Hoblit, Hawk Koch
Screenwriter: Toby Emmerich
Distributor: New Line Cinema, New Line Home Video [us]
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Violence|Disturbing Images)
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 28, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.0M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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