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FREQUENCY (2000)

Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel (2000, New Line, PG-13, 119 mins., also on DVD)

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Release Date: Apr 28, 2000; Rated: PG-13; Video Release Date: Oct 31, 2000; Genres: Drama, Sci-fi, Suspense, Thriller; With: James Caviezel and Dennis Quaid

By Scott Brown

Scott Brown

Scott Brown is a senior writer for EW and a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

Like Field of Dreams before it, this pleasantly mawkish fantasy about a Queens cop (Caviezel) reunited with his long-dead fireman dad (Quaid) via sunspot-enhanced ham radio will surely become a rental staple for grown men who want an excuse to cry. Only later will they realize they've been treated to the rather odd spectacle of a father and son bonding over a grisly serial-murder case -- not to mention the most elliptical timeline-twisting since Back to the Future II. That's forgivable. The Garth Brooks musical finale is not. B

Posted Nov 03, 2000

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