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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jun 14, 2001
Pros: suspenseful, well-written story
Cons: Quaid's fake NY accent, some of the story gets confusing as they change history
Summary: Anyone who read my 100th epinion knows what a big Mets fan I am. So it should come as no surprise that I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, which placed the 1969 World Series front and center. The story begins in 1969 as Frank Sullivan (Dennis Quaid) is ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 22, 2009
Pros: Well-written, great cast, exciting
Cons: None, ...well it's not on blu-ray yet.
Summary: The plotJohnny was a boy who grew up without a father. His father Frank had died when Johnny was only six years old in a fire. Frank went down in history as a hero firefighter back in October 1969. Johnny ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 13, 2009
Pros: Action packed, fast moving, great concept
Cons: None
Summary: I watched Frequency last night for the first time in about eight years. I had remembered the concept, but I had forgotten most of the story. I am glad I watched it because Frequency is a fantastic film. Directed by Gregory ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 22, 2008
Pros: Thrilling polt, suspensful twists, mostly good acting, good moral
Cons: confusing at times, some cheesy dialouge
Summary: As a girl of ten or eleven, I had an obsession with the movie Frequency. My sister and I would sit down to watch it over and over again, never becoming bored with the plot because we caught something we hadn’t understood before each time (even ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 5, 2008
Pros: blends and uses disparate elements well, well written and acted
Cons: premise requires some suspension of disbelief
Summary: It's October 1969 and the Amazin' Mets are facing the strongly favored Orioles in the World Series. The Aurora Borealis is visible from New York for the first time in over eighty years and the victim of the third Nightingale murder was just discovered in ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 2, 2007
Pros: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Story, Supporting Cast
Cons: Not many
Summary: Frequency (2000) Frequency is one of the best science fantasy movies of recent years. You may remember the old Twilight Zone series with Rod Serling bringing you another improbable story every week out of some of the best ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 9, 2004
Pros: Excellent father/son movie - heavy on Shoot-em-Ups and Science Fiction.
Cons: Time traveling plot can be confusing to some.
Summary: A Sentimental Flick A man goes back to his old, nearly abandoned family home. His fathers old Ham radio, on his father's old desk, a lightning storm - and our hero finds he can talk back in time to his father 30 years ago. For a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 1, 2004
Pros: Magic! Quaid and Caviezel are incredibly convincing as father and son communicating through time!
Cons: Not a one; unless you don't like intelligent and well acted movies!
Summary: What can one say about this movie that hasn't been said by the 300 or so other reviewers here? I'm not sure about the answer to that, but after deciding to become active here at epinions I knew this had to be one of the first movies I gave a big thumbs ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 17, 2003
Pros: Heart, soul, spirit. What would you do with "one more day"? Think about it.
Cons: The scientific gobbledygook, as you no doubt are aware, is difficult to grasp.
Summary: I thought I already had a review of Frequency but I must have deleted it. So oh well, here we go again!
I'll never forget that fateful night in April of 2000. Somehow, I ended up at the movies. I almost never go to a movie ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 16, 2002
Pros: Engrossing, beautiful, heartfelt, tearjerking, thoughtprovoking
Cons: None - if you follow the movie correctly, there really are no plot holes
Summary: This is the type of movie to own. I found it be beautiful and incredibly thought-provoking. The suspense and drama were done with perfection and quite refreshing in a sci-fi. For those of you claiming that there are plot holes, there are none in my ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 15, 2002
Pros: Strong Story.Good acting.Unique Film from start to finish.
Cons: None
Summary: Sometimes the best movies are the ones you never hear about. Movies that get very few television spots, no radio ads, barely any press, and no one talks about it or ruins it for you because they don’t know anything about it. Frequency is one of those ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 5, 2002
Pros: Great screenplay, great acting
Cons: not for me
Summary: This is one of the best movies I've seen in the last year. A friend borrowed me a DVD with this movie, but I was never expected to have such a great movie experience. Honestly, I've never heard of this movie, but now it becomes one of my favourites. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 29, 2001
Pros: great story, excellent acting, awesome special effects
Cons: You have to watch with an open mind to believe some of the science fiction
Summary: This is one of those movies that makes you either think "how cool!" or "yeah right". With this movie you must have an open mind about the time travel, science fantasy part of it because most of the things that happen, probably couldn't really happen in ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 16, 2001
Pros: heartfelt, suspenseful, interesting, exciting, and entertaining
Cons: NONE
Summary: Frequency is one of those movies that I saw a trailer for and just knew I had to see it. After seeing it in the theater I knew I had to own the video. It is that good. I now have this movie on video and have seen it several times. It is a very ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 12, 2001
Pros: A thrilling sci-fi, fantasy so very well done
Cons: None I could tell
Summary: Good friends and family. That's what life is all about. Your best friend, his wife and 10-year-old son come for a visit to the home that had, thirty years before, been the happy home of yours, your mom's and dad's. Suddenly, memories of you and your ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 23, 2001
Pros: good action
Cons: I've heard of that kind of plot before
Summary: I had wanted to watch "Frequency", after watching the previews for it. However, my friends went to see it on a day when I couldn't make it. The previews were so good that I ended up asking my dad to go and see it with me. That is probably why I enjoyed ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 14, 2001
Pros: It makes you think.....
Cons: It makes you think.......
Summary: When seeing the lightening and thunderstorm, this movie makes you think. And I highly recommend to those who likes to think, who likes SCI FI, who needs fatherly love.
The Cast, basically, there are two characters that are concentrated on ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 7, 2001
Pros: The growing of the bonds between the people.
Cons: Hokey science in a lot of places.
Summary: FREQUENCY is a good little movie that communicates to a place inside you where you live.
When my last child was born in 1982 I broke down and bought a then-new invention called a camcorder. The fact that it was a Betamax ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 5, 2001
Pros: Solid Acting, Suspenseful
Cons: Somewhat farfetched premise, ending a bit too over the top
Summary: There are many films with premises that make chills run up your spine. They seem like regular old films but then have a turn of events that make the movie so much more interesting. These events keep you interested and keep the suspense high. One such ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 25, 2001
Pros: Good acting, authentic New York feel.
Cons: A bit sappy, over-the-top denouement
Summary: I found a 1969 Mets World Series Program among my old papers, and while I'm not a huge baseball fan, the nostalgia factor was strong. I was only 2 at the time, so I don't remember that World Series. Frequency uses all the best ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 3, 2001
Pros: Great Movie That Makes You Think
Cons: None
Summary: I am a big fan of Science Fiction movies especially ones that involve time travel. I have always found the subject to be fascinating. I am not a big fan of cop movies, I find them boring usually. When my husband wanted to watch the movie Frequency ... read more
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