Dear Frankie
by Shona Auerbach
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Actor: Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler, Jack McElhone, Mary Riggans, Sharon SmallDirector: Shona Auerbach
Brand: MORTIMER,EMILY
Producer: Angus Finney
Producer: Brian Kaczynski
Producer: Cameron McCracken
Producer: Caroline Wood
Producer: Duncan Reid
Producer: Fran?ois Ivernel
Writer: Andrea Gibb
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-07-05
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax
DVD Reviews of Dear Frankie
DVD Review: Dear Frankie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is fairly unknown movie, but it's a very good movie, heart warming. the service and delivery were efficient and prompt.DVD Review: Touching
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is really good, Gerard Butler is in it so that's a plus, but its not just one of those movies that is good because a hot guy is in it. The actors do a really good job of portraying the characters and they all come together quite well, I admit I shed a tear or two, but only for a second, its a good one. DVD Review: Amazing
Summary: 4 Stars
This is probably the most surprisingly emotional movie I have ever seen. It caught me off guard the first time I saw it, but I still get that same feeling after many viewings...and appreciate the acting more each time.DVD Review: Dear Frankie
Summary: 5 Stars
I not only purchased a copy for myself and have viewed it at least 5 times, but have purchased copies for friends who live a distance from me. It is an wonderful heart felt story of love and devotion. The relationship that develops between the surogate father and the boy is wonderful and felt by the viewer. The actors are terrific! The setting of coastal Scotland adds to the beauty of this film. I would recommend this excellent film to everyone.DVD Review: Favorite movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is such a sweet, dear movie. I didn't see it until a few months ago and I can't believe that it wasn't advertised more when it came out. It has become one of my favorite movies. I think that I have probably seen it 25 times. The characters are very real and the acting is subtle and very good. I know that some will classify this as a chick flick but men have sons who they love and want to protect and needless to say they have been sons. I don't know if we're being fair to them. At least Mr Ebert, the critic, knew exactly what was being portrayed. The whole cast was simply superb. A few of the lines are clouded by heavy scottish accents but if you have trouble (which I didn't) you can click on English subtitles. It is well worth it! Hope you love it as much as I did.
Description of Dear Frankie
This touching and humorous movie has earned the raves of critics and won the hearts of audiences everywhere! To spare the feelings of her fatherless boy, Lizzie (Emily Mortimer -- Disney's THE KID) secretly authors letters from his "father" that detail seafaring adventures from around the world. But she cannot maintain this illusion forever. Torn between exposing the truth and protecting her son, Lizzie gets more than anyone bargained for when she hires a handsome stranger (Gerald Butler -- THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE) to play the role of a lifetime! Winner at both the Heartland Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival, this entertaining motion picture is sure to touch your heart!Driven by intelligent, constantly surprising and moving performances from the film's leads, Dear Frankie stars Emily Mortimer (Lovely and Amazing) as Lizzie, Scottish mother of Frankie (Jack McElhone), a deaf and highly intelligent 9-year-old. Constantly uprooting themselves and relocating from town to town, Lizzie and Frankie are on the run from the latter's abusive father, a fact unknown to the boy, who believes his dad is a busy seaman sending letters full of adventure and love. In fact, Lizzie is writing those missives, but she is faced with a challenge when Frankie discovers his father's ship will dock nearby. Lizzie hires a kind, handsome stranger (Gerard Butler) to play Frankie's dad, creating an odd situation in which ever-growing lies become a conduit for love, and Lizzie's repressed desires come to the fore with a man posing as her husband. The moral tangles are of interest in director Shona Auerbach's charmingly paced, quietly insightful drama-comedy, but so is the glorious feeling of watching these characters come fully alive. --Tom Keogh
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