DEAR FRANKIE Gerard Butler, Emily Mortimer NEW DVD

 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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Movie description:

Directed by Shona Auerbach and filmed on location in Scotland, DEAR FRANKIE is a poignant, humorous story about a family struggling with isolation and poverty. Deaf nine-year-old Frankie (Jack McElhone) only knows his dad through the letters they exchange. Frankie reads each new letter reverently, saving the exotic stamps his dad sends from the different ports he visits as a sailor on the Accra, and loves the sea just as he thinks his dad must. But Frankie's mother, Lizzie (Emily Mortimer), has a secret--she's the one writing the letters and sending them from a post office. When she reads that the Accra is coming to Glasgow, Lizzie must decide if it's time to tell Frankie the truth, or find a man (Gerard Butler) to pretend to be his father for one day. Intimately focused and carefully told, DEAR FRANKIE slowly unwinds its coiled story to reveal the reason behind Lizzie's well-meaning deception. The performances are universally stellar. Mortimer combines steely determination with glimpses of vulnerability, Butler is a perfect combination of hesitation warming to genuine affection, and McElhone steals the show in a spot-on performance as a normal boy longing for his dad. DEAR FRANKIE offers a moving, uplifting look at families and the complicated love at the heart of each one.

Credits:

Producer: Caroline Wood
Cast: Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler, Jack McElhone, Sharon Small

Editorial reviews

"Butler is quietly devastating in his scenes with McElhone, a real find. The film is unhurried, unslick and easy to hold dear."
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (03/10/2005)

"[A] sweet, life-affirming story....An intriguing character study, DEAR FRANKIE unfolds at a leisurely pace, then surprises with key revelations."
USA Today - Claudia Puig (03/11/2005)

"[T]he bold long shot near the end of DEAR FRANKIE allows the film to move straight as an arrow toward its emotional truth, without a single word or plot manipulation to distract us."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (03/11/2005)

Region: ALL (PAL) 
Subtitles: English / thai 
Display: Widescreen Anamorphic - 1.85:1 
Running Time: 105mins 
Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) / thai 
Special features: scene selections 
Distributor: Mangpong

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