Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

spz824690 There are some points I do not accept in this film, but I like this. One day, John, who lost his father years ago, contacts his father all of a sudden. His father, Frank is a firefighter. They have conversation beyond time and space. So John decides to save his father from the accident that he dies of. For John's advice, Frank is able to survive fire in the building. It is interesting that changes Frank makes affects the present. For instance, after Frank survived a fire, the newspaper article John has changes. And at the John's study, when Frank puts out his cigarette on his desk, a tiny ruins of a fire appears on the desk John is sitting. I was glad to see his parents are alive and they can live peacefully. But owing to change of the past, a colleague of his mother is killed instead of her. I was sorry for the woman. If John did not change the past, she would not be killed... However, John's desire to save his parents moves me to tears. I want to watch it again.

llawrance1972 This is a lovely, well thought out film with an interesting scientific basis and great acting. The interplay between the characters, who show care for their actions and a strong sense of responsibility for the affects of these, carries the film through. All the plot twists and alterations flow together making for an intriguing story which requires some thought and ideally a second viewing. I particularly liked the scenes at the two wakes where we see an adult and child John Sullivan react to the events as the alternate time streams are created. The acting is excellent throughout and it was truly touching to see the two male leads connecting as they recognised their importance to and need of each other. The ending may seem a little overblown but it is a gentle, sweet reminder of the specialness of a loving family.

NateWatchesCoolMovies Gregory Hoblit's Frequency is a low key, high concept sci fi thriller that could have quickly degenerated into easy, sensationalistic thrills, but instead chooses to keep itself rooted in character and emotion as opposed to purely effects and spectacle. A lot of sci fi movies use the characters simply as vehicles to test drive the snazzy special effects and often end up lulling us into a coma. This one takes it's extremely minimal effects and uses them only to explore the relationships between characters as opposed to cheaply wowing us, and is a much richer film as a result of it. Hoblit has a few excellent thrillers under his belt (Primal Fear and Fallen come to mind) and even with those he never let the lofty concepts smother the character's growth or journey. Here, Dennis Quaid plays enthusiastic firefighter, loving husband and doting father Frank Sullivan, who lives in 1960's NYC with his kid and gorgeous wife (Elizabeth Mitchell). This film captures family love like no other, as we see through the actor's work that they really, really care about each other and would do anything to keep each other safe. Life throws a wrench in their idyllic lives, and decades later we join up with the adult version of Frank's kid, now a police detective and played by a burnt out, steely Jim Caviesel. He's haunted by the tragic way things turned out with his family. When his buddy gives him an old HAM radio, he absent-mindedly tinkers with it, until he reaches someone, who turns out to be his own father from back in the 60's, thanks to a solar storm of epic proportions that's turning the laws of time and space on earth inside out. It's far-fetched to be sure, but few films turn their beyond reality concepts into something as fun and grounded as this baby. Quaid and Caviesel, communicating across an impossible gulf of time and tragedy, work together to right the wrongs, discover the clues and transform the sad past they share into something more liveable. And we, the audience, are treated to a stellar sci fi/time travel flick that cares endlessly about its characters, aims to please and never ceases to entertain. With terrific supporting work from Andre Braugher, Shawn Doyle and Noah Emmerich, this is one I can watch on repeat and always be moved by its focused desire to tell a great story, and actors embodying the work flawlessly.

Johan Dondokambey The story really nicely combines two distanced elements of contemporary movie. It has a very focused family element, especially in the form of fatherhood. The time travel element is also really nice. It has no real time travel since the the difference is only crossed by the radio chat between the characters. The movie treats the time travel element by keeping its mystery at the beginning but then take the focus away from the time travel mystery after the first history change with Frank not dying. Since then it's all about the fatherhood. The acting overall is quite good. Dennis Quaid played the father quite well that he expresses the right emotions on his scenes. Jim Caviezel played also quite well in expressing all those memory change.