Product: Frequency (2000)
Rating: 5.0
This movie means a lot to me.
This movie came out on video a few months after my father died. I saw it at the Blockbuster, rented it and, needless to say, I cried like a baby. Having gained a few years' perspective and lost a bit of grief, I still like this movie just as much as when I first rented it (and bought it soon after). Even without all my emotional Samsonite, it stands on its own two feet as a great movie. The performances were excellent. The incomparable Andre Braugher, one of my dad's faves from "Homicide", and Randy Quaid's kid brother wsn't too bad either :-). In defense of Jim Caviezel's supposedly "wooden" performance, he was playing the character exactly the way it should've been played. As an emotionally crippled man who's been shell-shocked by the horrible cards Fate has dealt him. I identified with his character very strongly when I first saw it. On a personal note, this movie kinda jumpstarted the healing process for me when I was feeling lost, and for that reason, this movie will always be on my shelf. Any format they decide to come up with: VHS, DVD, even if they decide to bring back Beta, there'll always be a place for "Frequency" in my collection.