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Frantic
Frantic

6.7

Frantic

R·1988·120m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director, Writer

Roman Polanski

Writer

Gérard Brach

Reviews

JPV852

JPV852

August 9, 2020

6

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**

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$20,000,000.00

Revenue:

$17,637,950.00

Keywords

hotel room
husband wife relationship
paris, france
wife
espionage
married couple
man woman relationship
man looking for wife
doctor
intrigue
neo-noir
missing wife