I saw this in 2015, and found it quite refreshing in this age of ultra Sci-fi flicks. Its not ground-breaking but should definitely be in some sci-fi list.
Seeing as I'm a time travel nut, I'm as surprised as anyone I'd never seen Frequency before yesterday, and even more surprised it had tricks up its sleeves I couldn't immediately foresee (ironic too). The premise has a fireman from the past talking to his son the cop 30 years in the future on the ham radio. The means is not important - some hand waving about sunspot activity - but buy the premise, buy the bit. And what they do with this wrinkle in the time travel formula is pretty great. It's an affecting father-son story, has a mundane but bigger than life love story at the heart of it, and some pretty good action scenes as the duo race, in two different times, to stop a serial murderer. And it's to its credit that in the third act, I kept asking myself "how are they going to get out of this one?" and was on the edge of my seat. Also didn't expect Looper to owe so much to this movie, but it definitely has that type of paradox in it, where the present "updates" to fit changed events. I know that's maddening to some, but treat it as a fantasy about a boy who gets to get back some time with his long-departed dad, and you'll be fine. More than fine, probably. A nice surprise!
wow I saw this at school so long ago, maybe 12 years, and I still remember the plot. I didn't even know its name until now I found it.
Interesting theory :)
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I saw this in 2015, and found it quite refreshing in this age of ultra Sci-fi flicks. Its not ground-breaking but should definitely be in some sci-fi list.Ralf
Awesome.bartleby187
I love this film, and the Garth Brooks song :)Siskoid
Seeing as I'm a time travel nut, I'm as surprised as anyone I'd never seen Frequency before yesterday, and even more surprised it had tricks up its sleeves I couldn't immediately foresee (ironic too). The premise has a fireman from the past talking to his son the cop 30 years in the future on the ham radio. The means is not important - some hand waving about sunspot activity - but buy the premise, buy the bit. And what they do with this wrinkle in the time travel formula is pretty great. It's an affecting father-son story, has a mundane but bigger than life love story at the heart of it, and some pretty good action scenes as the duo race, in two different times, to stop a serial murderer. And it's to its credit that in the third act, I kept asking myself "how are they going to get out of this one?" and was on the edge of my seat. Also didn't expect Looper to owe so much to this movie, but it definitely has that type of paradox in it, where the present "updates" to fit changed events. I know that's maddening to some, but treat it as a fantasy about a boy who gets to get back some time with his long-departed dad, and you'll be fine. More than fine, probably. A nice surprise!nonexistent
Saw it with my dad.iNikki
love the music,'when you come back to me'Thumser
It's cool to see "Person of Interest's" John there, where his name is John too. :)Tijnmans
This was the first "grown up" film I ever saw. I must have been like 10 or 11. Still like it.aseenontv
wow I saw this at school so long ago, maybe 12 years, and I still remember the plot. I didn't even know its name until now I found it.Interesting theory :)
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Yahoo!arielnano
Saw this when I was younger. Now, it's not my type of film, but I remember I loved it. Still a bit vague in my memory though.Sien
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