Dear Frankie

Dear Frankie

  • Director: Shona Auerbach
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom
  • Language: English, British Sign Language
  • Release date: April 15, 2005
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Natural History
  • "Dear Frankie" is a feature film directed by Shanna Alba . Gerard Butler , Emily Mortimer, etc. participated in the performance. The film was released in the United States on May 4, 2004.
    The film tells the story of a single mother who lied that his father was traveling the world in order to give her nine-year-old son Frankie a confident and happy childhood, and wrote to him regularly to cover up this lie. 

    Details

    • Release date April 15, 2005
    • Filming locations Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
    • Production companies Pathé Pictures International, UK Film Council, Scottish Screen

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $18,025

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $37,542

    Gross worldwide

    $1,656,829

    Movie reviews

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    • By Greyson 2022-06-30 22:19:51

      "Frankie, My Love": Be a Gentle, Executive Warm Person

      A person's character defect not only brings so much harm to the wife but also to the children, affects the happiness of the wife's life, and affects the childhood and growth of the children. Fortunately, they met a gentleman and met their own happiness, but they also experienced A lot of pain, loneliness, fear, deafness, sadness without a father’s love, being laughed at by classmates, etc., we must be the person who can give others happiness, and we must find the person who can give...

    • By Else 2022-03-25 09:01:17

      Because the world is not perfect, there is love, and because love is not perfect, there is love

      "When I was a little girl, I dreamed of a lover who would be a shining knight who would give me courage, who would take me to a castle in heaven and defeat all the dragons on the way, who would ride a white steed with a belt Give me love, the love I've longed for, and he'll bring me happiness and eternal peace."

      This must be a dream that every girl has had, and is willing to dream for a lifetime if she can. When one day a girl puts away this dream and willingly becomes another person's...

    • By Alvera 2022-03-25 09:01:17

      Delicate

      A 9.5-year-old deaf boy, a single mother, and an old lady who loves smoking paints herself red nails. And the man with the inner blue eyes in the heavy leather boots, in the final credits, says The stranger.

      The story takes place in a typical winter. In the foggy harbor, there are no posters on the streets, and the windows are replaced by large iron sheets, which are painted red at intervals. Small town, almost only restaurant with fish and chips,...

    • By Mara 2022-03-25 09:01:17

      May you be a warm person for the rest of your life.

      After watching the whole movie, I felt a little sad, especially when I saw the finale, when her mother read his son's letter at the end, he realized that his son actually knew everything in his heart. One of the sad things is that when a person is very young, when you think he should not know some things, but he just knows those things, this kind of understanding will inevitably make people feel very distressed for this child, this actor. I was particularly impressed. The tones of the whole...

    • By Reese 2022-03-25 09:01:17

      love initiation lesson

      This movie is very healing.

      I didn't grow up in a single parent family. But my growth has also made me understand and admire the strength and courage of this heroine. She looks very weak, but she guards the principles of love and dignity with her trembling body and timid eyes! This is very, very remarkable! I don't know if this is common in France. In China, it seems that such people and spirits have not been positively and strongly affirmed, and there are very few enthusiastic friends...

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    • By Bria 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Can't forget the accent: Dear...

    • By Allen 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Your friend...

    • By Johnny 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      8.1 The play is solid, full of sincere emotion, the characters are detailed and three-dimensional, and the actors' performances are very exciting. With the reminder of Roger Ebert's film review, I revisited the long shot of the male and female protagonists from hesitation to kissing. It is indeed the best and most daring scene in the whole film. The blank without soundtrack and no action accurately explains the psychology of the two characters. Activities that make the results of character...

    • By Alejandra 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      When Frankie hugged the fake dad, I realized the expression on my face, too, went from nervous to smiling. Kind screenwriter, gave Lie such a good ending and hope, like that sentence, "You have to trust somebody someday."...

    • By Harley 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Strangers, no strangers to...

    Movie plot

    The 9-year-old boy Frankie (Jack McElho) has lived a fugitive life with his single mother Liz (Emily Mortimer ) since he was a kid, and has to move every few months. Once, in the end, the mother and son settled in a small seaside town in Scotland. The young Frankie didn't know the truth behind the constant moving: that is, the abusive father had been tracking his mother and his whereabouts.
    In order to protect the deaf Frankie from...
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    Movie quotes

    • Lizzie: I had a good time tonight.

      The Stranger: Don't sound so surprised.

      [pause]

      The Stranger: He's got your eyes. They... pull you right in.

      Lizzie: Don't know what to say to that

      The Stranger: You don't have to say anything.

      Lizzie: You don't have to say nice things to me. I'm not paying you for that.

      The Stranger: So why don't you want to hear them?

    • Lizzie: Frankie wasn't born deaf. It was a present from his daddy.

    • The Stranger: Frankie's a very... very lucky boy.

      Lizzie: How'd you figure that one out? I'm his mother and I lie to him every single day.

      The Stranger: No. No, you protect him every single day