There's this guy I know named Victor who I've known for a little over fifteen years. Now, there are plenty of people out there who think I'm kinda weird, but trust me, I'm Captain Normal compared to this guy... but I mean that in a good way. He's a good friend of mine, and I often take delight on hearing his unusual take on certain things. See, Victor's an extremely intelligent person, and that often means that he sees things differently from the average guy. What I'm getting to here is that when watching a movie, Victor will analyze certain things that I never woulda considered. For example, a long time ago, after watching "Back to the Future," I got to hear how the time travel theories presented in the movie are all impossible. He then broke down for me everything I ever wanted to know about time travel. While watching "Frequency," I thought about my pal Victor, and wondered what he would think about the time bending stuff it presented. Actually, I'm pretty sure I know what he'd think. I don't know much about astrophysics or whatever, but a lot of it was pretty ridiculous. Not that the movie wasn't entertaining, though.
Aside from Dennis Quaid, "Frequency" doesn't have any big name actors (not that Dennis Quaid is a huge name or anything), but that's okay. This isn't the kinda movie where it's the big name actors who sell it. This time, it's the intriguing concept that sells it. Well, that's how it worked for me, anyway.
I liked Dennis Quaid in this movie. Actually, I've always liked him as an actor. He's very good at playing an everyman without being so obvious about it. His co-star is James Caviezel (I have no clue how that's supposed to be pronounced), and he's very good, but he always looks like he's strung-out or something. He also looked like that in "The Thin Red Line," the boring, overrated Terrence Malick movie he did a while ago. I guess he's just like that. Andre Braugher is also in this movie. He's such a great actor, I'd love to see him kick ass in a leading role. This is his second movie with this director, by the way. Noah Emmerich also has a role. You may remember him as Jim Carrey's best friend in "The Truman Show." Well, he plays the best friend in this movie, too.
"Frequency" was written by Toby Emmerich, and this is his debut screenplay. Yes, he and Noah Emmerich are brothers. It's a very clever script, but it's got problems. With time, he may end up being a great writer, though. The director is Gregory Hoblit, who also directed "Primal Fear" (that's the other one with Andre Braugher) and "Fallen." I'm not sure what to make of this director yet. He likes to work with scripts that are high-concept, but nothing about his work screams at me, ya know? He's not bad by any means, though.
Though it gets
way too corny at times, and the time bending shtick gets ridiculous and
preposterous, "Frequency" has a lotta cool stuff in it, and it's
thoroughly entertaining. Also, it's good to see Dennis Quaid working again.
The thing is, the ending is so contrived and predictable, it's almost laughable.
But I'm sure you'll have a good time anyway.
Scale of 1-10: 7