Review of Frequency (2000) by Xlyophone199 — 06 May 2021

One of the Best films of the 2000s!

I remember when this was first released in theaters in 2000, and it pretty much got lost in the shuffle of films released around that time. I wouldn't end up seeing it for the first time until the following year on cable- and I was blown away! Former "NYPD Blue" director, Gregory Hoblit, makes a really good film about every other picture he directs- "Primal Fear", this movie- not so good ones- "Fallen" and "Hart's War", etc.. But this is his best work IMO.

Dennis Quaid plays an FDNY firefighter in 1969 Queens who connects with his 36-year old cop son (Jim Caviezel), living in the present-day, through an old HAM radio- all due to some highly localized electro- temporal spatial effects caused by unusual aurora borealis activity. A serial killer investigation going on at that time ends up coming into the mix, and the two work together to prevent more murders. Brilliant!

I know there have been some comparisons with "Ghost" and "The Sixth Sense", but really, this movie stands on it's own. One of my favorite character actors, Andre Braugher, also co-stars as the best friend of Quaid's character , and Caviezel's partner in the present day. And Shawn Doyle has a great chilling supporting role as the serial killer. Elizabeth Mitchell and Noah Emmerich round out the cast.