Danger. Desire. Desperation.
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
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Classical in form, plot-driven, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
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“Is Harrison Ford the best thing in Frantic?”
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- kevin2019on TMDB · Jan 202410/10
"Frantic" is an engrossing and well made film that easily builds up a genuine sense of mystery and intrigue from the very beginning. It is incredibly well crafted throughout with an immediately interesting opening gambit and Roman Polanski is a seasoned director and he knows precisely how to create a natural and rhythmic momentum to the proceedings and to then successfully maintain it at a certain level without any evidence of indecision on his part in terms of how the film ought to proceed in order to achieve its maximum potential and effectiveness. This results in a splendid film that effortlessly retains a compelling quality until the very end and it provides the perfect showcase for the romantic city of Paris even though it also makes you pause for thought about visiting there on Valentine's Day.
Read the whole review on TMDB - JPV852on TMDB · Aug 20206/10
Movie starts off well enough with the mystery element but afterward tonally felt a bit off (veered into moderate comedy at points). Ford is fine as was Emmanuelle Seigner, though I wonder if this could've used the eye of Brian De Palma rather than Polanski. **3.25/5**
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Cast
- Harrison FordRichard Walker
- Emmanuelle SeignerMichelle
- Betty BuckleySondra Walker
- Dominique PinonWino
- Jacques CironHotel Manager
- John MahoneyWilliams
- Jimmie Ray WeeksShaap
- David HuddlestonPeter
- Alexandra StewartEdie
- Yorgo VoyagisThe Kidnapper
Crew
- Roman PolanskiDirector
- Roman PolanskiWriter
- Gérard BrachWriter
- Witold SobocińskiDirector of Photography
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Sam O'SteenEditor
- Thom MountProducer
- Tim HamptonProducer
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