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Frantic

  • 6.8 /10

  • 1090

  • 77%

Plot

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.

Cast

Harrison Ford as Richard Walker
Harrison Ford

as Richard Walker

Emmanuelle Seigner as Michelle
Emmanuelle Seigner

as Michelle

Betty Buckley as Sondra Walker
Betty Buckley

as Sondra Walker

Dominique Pinon as Wino
Jacques Ciron as Hotel Manager
Jacques Ciron

as Hotel Manager

John Mahoney as Williams
John Mahoney

as Williams

Jimmie Ray Weeks as Shaap
David Huddleston as Peter
Yorgo Voyagis as The Kidnapper
Yorgo Voyagis

as The Kidnapper

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • February 19, 1988

Production Companies

  • Warner Bros. Pictures

  • The Mount Company

Production Countries

  • United States of America

  • France

  • United Kingdom

  • Canada

  • Netherlands

Spoken Language

  • Français

  • English

Budget

  • $20,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $17,637,950.00

Runtime

  • 2.00 hrs

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Reviews

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**

"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 certai…