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Review

Mixing equal parts sentiment, fantasy, thrills and the most moving father-son bond since Field of Dreams, Frequency takes a rather implausible premise and makes it work with a little bit of heart, a touch of cleverness, and plenty of "spirit and guts." Quaid plays Frank Sullivan, a heroic fireman living with his wife and young son John in 1969 Queens. Caviezel is a grown-up John, a police officer in the year 2000. When they are able to contact each other on Frank's ham radio 30 years apart (the presence of the Aurora Borealis presumably causing this time warp), it sets in motion a remolding of fate and the hunt for a serial killer. Screenwriter Toby Emmerich plays a little fast and loose with the concepts of time and space (even for a fantasy), but he's also created a handful of characters that should win over even the most skeptical. Quaid is definitely in his element as the dedicated husband and father, and Caviezel -- though in danger of winning the "Demi Moore Ghost Award" for Most Crying over a Departed Loved One -- makes John likable and sincere.