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Dear Frankie
2005 1h 45m PG-13
Drama
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Family
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Romance
7.7
82%
90%
70%
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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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Directed By
Shona Auerbach
Written By
Andrea Gibb
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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
Sophie Main
Serious Girl
Elaine MacKenzie Ellis
Librarian
Rony Bridges
Post Office Clerk
Dear Frankie Reviews
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Robert Denerstein
A little movie, and that shouldn't be taken as a pejorative. It can be sweet without being sickening, as heart-rending as McElhone's soulful gaze.
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.
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.
Orlando Sentinel
Roger Moore
A bittersweet bonbon of a drama, full of the old fashioned literary touches that a well-written letter still can deliver in the age of e-mail.
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.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Director Auerbach and her able cast dial down the volume on the performances.
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
A small movie with a big soul and no easy formula for the happiness of its big-hearted characters.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
For all its sentimental superficiality, Dear Frankie is emotionally affecting.
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.
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.
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.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The sort of movie that deserves every heart it wins, and it will win many.
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.
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.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
It rings true at heart.
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.
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.
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Both Mortimer and McElhone stitch together this carefully modulated little character piece, with McElhone shining particularly bright as Frankie.
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