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Living in exile in Paris after eluding a controversial charge of statutory rape in America, director Roman Polanski seemed professionally adrift during the 1980s, making only one film (the ill-fated Pirates) between 1979 and 1988. Then Polanski found inspiration--and a major star in Harrison Ford--to make Frantic, a thriller that played directly into Polanski's gift for creating an atmosphere of mystery, dread, escalating suspense and uncertain fate. Set in Paris (Polanski couldn't go to Hollywood, so Hollywood came to him), the story begins when an American heart surgeon (Ford) arrives in the City of Lights with his wife (Betty Buckly) for a medical convention. They check into a posh hotel, and in a brilliantly directed scene, Ford takes a shower and emerges to find that his wife has vanished. This mysterious disappearance--and a confusion between two identical pieces of luggage--leads Ford into the Paris underground and a plot that grows increasingly dangerous as he approaches the truth of his wife's disappearance. The plot of Frantic gets too complicated, and the pace drops off in the cluttered second half, but in Polanski's capable hands the film is blessed with moments of heightened suspense in the tradition of classic thrillers. --Jeff Shannon
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Please note that this DVD contains a French language soundtrack that is a blended mixture of English and French and not entirely in French. The DVD has French subtitles that provide a translation for the dialogue parts of the French soundtrack that are spoken in English.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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I've seen several reviews for this film over the years, most feeling Frantic is average and carried by Harrison Ford's usual strong character performance. The film itself is better than simply relying on Ford. The Parisian atmosphere and loneliness of an American struggling against stubborn authorities (not just French) to find his kidnapped wife. His only help is a temptuous French girl involved in illegal trafficing and Ford's character's own battle falling for the girl but facing upto his love for his wife forms a subtle backdrop. I've always liked this film, and it makes for a good evenings viewing which draws you in scene by scene.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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drama of the highest quality,from start to finish frantic keeps the viewer enthralled,twisting and turning until the tragic ending.ford delights as the frustrated husband searching for his lost wife in a foreign city,finally finding hope in michelle,before being reunited with his spouse.three things make this film,paris,michelle and finally ford frustrated beyond belief at each turn of the way.he as always comes across as mr.dependable but also shows his vunerable side no more so than the scene in the night club.
all i can say is see this film,top class acting,top class drama.
all i can say is see this film,top class acting,top class drama.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Emmanuelle Seigner (born June 22, 1966) is a César Award nominated French actress and former fashion model, best known as the wife of Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in La Vie En Rose, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Frantic.
She married Polanski in 1989 which was one year after Frantic was released
and they have two children and they live in Paris.
Its one of the best Polanski Films and anyone who knows Paris will feel at Home.
Frantic does not really get going until he meets Emmanuelle Seigner and from that moment she steals the whole Film.
She married Polanski in 1989 which was one year after Frantic was released
and they have two children and they live in Paris.
Its one of the best Polanski Films and anyone who knows Paris will feel at Home.
Frantic does not really get going until he meets Emmanuelle Seigner and from that moment she steals the whole Film.
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An old plot well worn out.
I found this story had too many plots within it that I had already seen in several other film before and which I have to say had been done much better, much more dramatically and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Patrick H. Williams
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With an S for Sublime!
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There! Nice simple synopsis. Read more
There! Nice simple synopsis. Read more
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