Dear Frankie
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 27, 2021
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: Miramax
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Gerard Butler & Emily Mortimer | |
Performer: | Sharon Small & Jack McElhone | |
Directed by | Shona Aeurbach | |
Screenwriting by | Andrea Gibb | |
Produced by | Caroline Wood | |
Executive Production by | Stephen Evans, Angus Finney, François Ivernel & Duncan Reid |
Entertainment Reviews:
81%
TOMATOMETER
[A] sweet, life-affirming story....An intriguing character study, DEAR FRANKIE unfolds at a leisurely pace, then surprises with key revelations.
USA Today
[T]he bold long shot near the end of DEAR FRANKIE allows the film to move straight as an arrow toward its emotional truth, without a single word or plot manipulation to distract us.
Chicago Sun-Times
Butler is quietly devastating in his scenes with McElhone, a real find. The film is unhurried, unslick and easy to hold dear.
Rolling Stone
Product Description:
Directed by Shona Auerbach and filmed on location in Scotland, DEAR FRANKIE is a poignant, humorous story about a family struggling with isolation and poverty. Deaf nine-year-old Frankie (Jack McElhone) only knows his dad through the letters they exchange. Frankie reads each new letter reverently, saving the exotic stamps his dad sends from the different ports he visits as a sailor on the Accra, and loves the sea just as he thinks his dad must. But Frankie's mother, Lizzie (Emily Mortimer), has a secret--she's the one writing the letters and sending them from a post office. When she reads that the Accra is coming to Glasgow, Lizzie must decide if it's time to tell Frankie the truth, or find a man (Gerard Butler) to pretend to be his father for one day.
Intimately focused and carefully told, DEAR FRANKIE slowly unwinds its coiled story to reveal the reason behind Lizzie's well-meaning deception. The performances are universally stellar. Mortimer combines steely determination with glimpses of vulnerability, Butler is a perfect combination of hesitation warming to genuine affection, and McElhone steals the show in a spot-on performance as a normal boy longing for his dad. DEAR FRANKIE offers a moving, uplifting look at families and the complicated love at the heart of each one.
Intimately focused and carefully told, DEAR FRANKIE slowly unwinds its coiled story to reveal the reason behind Lizzie's well-meaning deception. The performances are universally stellar. Mortimer combines steely determination with glimpses of vulnerability, Butler is a perfect combination of hesitation warming to genuine affection, and McElhone steals the show in a spot-on performance as a normal boy longing for his dad. DEAR FRANKIE offers a moving, uplifting look at families and the complicated love at the heart of each one.
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- Sales Rank: 8,953
- UPC: 191329202128
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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