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Dear Frankie (2005)
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks, Lizzie writes Frankie a make-believe letter from his father, telling of his adventures in exotic lands. As Frankie tracks the ship's progress around the globe, he discovers that it is due to dock in his hometown. With the real HMS Accra arriving in only a fortnight, Lizzie must choose between telling Frankie the truth or finding the perfect stranger to play Frankie's father for just one day. (read more)
| Release Date: | March 4th, 2005 |
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Dear Frankie Movie Review by Elizabeth  (3/9/2005) |
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How far would you go to protect someone you loved? And how far is too far? In DEAR FRANKIE, Lizzie Morrison (Emily Mortimer), her mother, and her deaf nine-year-old son, Frankie (Jack McElhone), have been on the move from town to town for as long as Frankie can remember. Frankie almost never speaks, but we hear his...
(complete Dear Frankie review by Elizabeth)
| Dear Frankie Movie Review by lanie (4/17/2005) |
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Dear Frankie... Is a very uplifting story about a deaf boy who writes letters to his father, but in actuality the child's mother created a fairy tale father for her son.. a man who corresponds from a ship in letters that begin "Dear Frankie. This movie touches on a single-parent's struggle to survive, a child's desire for...
(complete Dear Frankie review by lanie)
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