Dear Frankie
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Movie Reviews of Dear Frankie
Movie Review: A Poignant Movie That One Can Relate To!
Summary: 5 Stars
It may sound like a biased opinion for a single mother to write a review about a movie that portrays the life struggles for a single mother with the goal to find a father figure worthy of her child's affections. However, I feel that anyone with a heart could relate to this movie. It was a touching movie, one that had the ability to leave a lasting impression on the viewer long after they saw the movie. Gerard (Gerry) Butler played the amazing portrayal of "The Stranger". One cannot help but fall in love with his character. And Emily Mortimer, who played "Lizzie" did a bang-up job as a single mother who wants to protect her child from heartache.
I feel that this movie is one that Hollywood needs to embrace... especially since most major motion pictures seem to focus on sex, violence and graphic dark images to bring in 'box office bucks'. This is a movie that will pull at your heart strings, but give you a warm fuzzy feeling and a sense of renewal once you leave the theater or turn off your DVD player.
Watch this movie if you are sick of the demoralized motion pictures that are all hyped-up by Hollywood's Daddy Warbucks of motion pictures... because Dear Frankie will renew your faith in the "little" independant film industry's ability to tell a meaningful story.
Movie Review: A great film for others love heart warming films.
Summary: 5 Stars
I was almost in tears. I don't usually go for these types of movies. I am a horror fan freak. So this was a big change for me.
I had found this film while looking for some information on Gerard Butler. I scrolled down and saw that he starred in this film. I had read about online and form other reviews. The plot is very different from others I have seen. I than gave the film a try. I am glad that I did.
It is by far one the best films I have ever seen. It had its heart-warming moments and its funny moments. It very is real, and not like the many blockbuster hits you have seen in theaters. It felt like something that can happen in real life. It does not have its happy ending like other films but still a worth to see. Trust me when I say that this will film will not bore you at all.
The actors also did a lovely job in this movie. I loved so much I lent my movie to others and they also enjoyed it as well.
This movie has been the best movie I have seen in about a year. And I am one who has seen many films in my lifetime.
This is the movie for you if you want something warm and touching but real. Then get this. This is saying much from one who is horror fan and only watches horror movies.
E. Wolfhart
Movie Review: Should have been in all theaters nationwide, shame on Hollywood again.
Summary: 5 Stars
Dear Frankie was an endearing movie. It was simply a lump in your throat kind of a story from beginning to end. The boy that played Frankie was equally as good as the boy cast as Peter in "Finding Neverland". I loved the charaters (all of them, even Mom (except for her language). The story was beautiful, sad and sweet with a couple of wonderfully surprising twists. I really didn't know that Frankie had caught on. The acting was so good that it made the movie. We all know the story and the acting go hand in hand.
I've shown it to several people who had never heard of it and so far I haven't sat through it with anyone who didn't need a kleenex before it was over. I did see room for a sequel and I would be thrilled if they would do one.
It's so refreshing to see movies like this. Can never understand why it wasn't a bigger hit in the U.S. I'm always amazed at how the film industry can put so much junk in movie houses just because somebody famous is in a bad movie.
If you haven't seen this movie - you will miss joining the rest of us for some "warm gingerbread and cinnamon tea".
I know Gerard Butler and Emily Mortimer both said they were proud of this movie as they certainly should be. I was too!!!!
Movie Review: An unexpected jewel
Summary: 5 Stars
I've purchased many items from Amazon based on reviews. The beauty of the net is you'll most often get the unbridled truth. So here's mine: If you're looking for a sweet, finely-crafted and moving story, get this one.
I admit it. I'm crazy about Gerard Butler. What I didn't expect was a story that had me in tears at the end. Emily Mortimer and Jack McElrone are superb as the mother & son. I particularly loved the supporting characters and the remarkable locations. As Americans, we rarely get such a telling glimpse into Scottish life and I was mesmerized.
Gerard Butler was perfectly cast as The Stranger. It is an extremely restrained role compared to the romantic heroes he has played and will be playing in the future (The Phantom, Attila, romantic lead in Tomb Raider2 and the upcoming Beowulf and Burns) but he brings it off superbly. He is an exceptionally fine natural actor, completely fresh and unspoiled, and I cannot wait to see him reach global stardom. In my opinion, he'll be another Sean Connery or Mel Gibson - a man every woman wants and a man every man wants to be.
The story resolution of Dear Frankie is not your typical Hollywood ending, but it's poignancy will touch your heart.
Movie Review: A quiet gem ---
Summary: 5 Stars
I was hooked from the piano melody under the opening credits. Lovely, and as the film progresses, the music makes a quiet statement about what we are experiencing on the screen.
Emily Mortimer as the Mother who will do almost anything to protect and nurture her child; and Gerard Burtler, as the Stranger she hires to pretend to be her sons father 'for just one day' are outstanding. With their eyes, body language, understated gestures, they portray more meaning and emotion than 9 out of 10 actors working today.
The story is of a mother who has been writing letters pretending to be her sons sailor father on a journey to far off ports on a ship called the Accra, a name she made up. Now, the real Accra is to arrive in the seaside village they live in and she must find a man to pretend to be the father 'for just one day.' The interview between Mortimer and Butler is outstanding. Very few words, but we understand the desperation of the woman, and the disinterest but decency of the man.
The boy is played to perfection by Jack McElhone.
This is a quiet, heartfelt, gem of a film and I am glad I went across town to see it after hearing about it for months. The DVD will be in my collection. 9/10