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Dear Frankie
Directed by
Shona Auerbach
PG-13
2004
1h 45m
Drama
,
Family
,
and more
7.7
82%
90%
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After having responded to her son's numerous letters in the guise of his father, a woman hires a stranger to pose as his dad when meeting him.
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Cast of Dear Frankie
Gerard Butler
The Stranger
Emily Mortimer
Lizzie
Jack McElhone
Frankie
Sharon Small
Marie
Katy Murphy
Miss MacKenzie
Jayd Johnson
Catriona
Mary Riggans
Nell
Cal MacAninch
Davey
John Kazek
Ally
Anne Marie Timoney
Janet
Andrea Gibb
Waitress / Writer
Sophie Main
Serious Girl
Elaine MacKenzie Ellis
Librarian
Rony Bridges
Post Office Clerk
Shona Auerbach
Director
Caroline Wood
Producer
Dear Frankie Ratings & Reviews
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
Mortimer, McElhone, and Butler each bring sensitivity and likability to their roles, but they've an uphill battle personifying characters who are, respectively, a clairvoyant, a fantasist, and a fantasy.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
The pain that's evoked in this small, warm film -- the deep and unspoken yearning of child -- is as universal as it is heartbreaking.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
The film works as a highlight tape for the cast and will satisfy any desire you have to be driven to the brink of tears.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Director Auerbach and her able cast dial down the volume on the performances.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
In the insightful hands of first-time filmmaker Shona Auerbach and veteran actors who play their roles with intelligence, the movie deftly ducks the schmaltz.
Observer
Rex Reed
A soft-hearted but soberly made little movie that gives sentimentality a good name.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
I'm pleased to report that, within this overly familiar trope, there's plenty of room for small surprises, not the least of which are delightful, understated performances all around.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
A wrenchingly sweet and beautifully acted film that keeps surprising us -- it never takes us where we think it's going, but always where we want to go.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The sort of movie that deserves every heart it wins, and it will win many.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
For all its sentimental superficiality, Dear Frankie is emotionally affecting.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
This sounds, I know, like the plot of a melodramatic tearjerker, but the filmmakers work close to the bone, finding emotional truth in hard, lonely lives.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
This wee Scottish drama takes a mawkish premise and, by playing its cards close to the vest, imbues it with quiet, careworn dignity.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
An endearing, occasionally sentimental story told with depth and substance.
Dallas Morning News
Philip Wuntch
One false note from actors or director, and the movie would collapse under the weight of fulfilling too many wishes. But it stays afloat with grace and even charm.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
It rings true at heart.
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Both Mortimer and McElhone stitch together this carefully modulated little character piece, with McElhone shining particularly bright as Frankie.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
A Scottish weepie of such bathos and balderdash that it deserves a drinking game in its rotten honor: Bend an elbow every time you've underestimated how low screenwriter Andrea Gibb and director Shona Auerbach will go to wring a tear.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
It's a terrific film.
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Auerbach has resurrected Butler's career, buried in the catacombs of a Parisian opera house, and gotten an unforgettable performance from Mortimer.
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
It is a sweet, wonderfully acted cameo of a movie about the lengths to which a lioness will go to protect her cub.
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