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Frequency (2000)

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell, Andre Braugher, Noah Emmerich
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Rating: PG-13

Studio: New Line Cinema

Review Posted: Unknown

Rating: 10/10

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By Sheila Danzig.

Frequency examines the often-asked question, "What if you could change the past?" Do they answer it? Not totally logically but they present it in a movie that is simply fantastic.

The first thing you need to do is go with the fantasy. Don’t bother buying your ticket if you are concerned with finding holes in the script. We know that you can’t change the past without holes popping up in a story. Frequency does the best job I have ever seen while tugging at my heart all through the movie.

Because of freak son-spots and a ham radio connection the son speaks to his father, who died thirty years earlier. Can we change the past? Star Trek fans know that Kirk was told not to change a thing. Changing the past, of course, changes the present in ways we can’t imagine. Saving one life leads to the death of another.

However, the father and son spend this moving movie fixing mistakes. I won’t tell you about the plot because there is no need to know and I don’t want to ruin it at all. However we go back and forth over a period of thirty years and it worked. I only wished it could be true. You will love this movie because you want to love this movie.

As a lover of time travel stories I found the storyline in this science fiction/fantasy fit perfectly for me. But I believe in parallel universes. I was mesmerized all through this thriller. While I guessed at possible endings, it really did not matter. The ending took on a life of its own. Everyone in the theater was crying, cheering and loving it.

I give this movie a 10, I never looked at my watch and I would pay full price to see it again.

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