{"id":1159,"date":"2005-01-21T21:35:06","date_gmt":"2005-01-22T04:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gerardbutlergals.com\/atthemovies\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2021-08-15T11:00:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T17:00:41","slug":"dear-frankie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gerardbutlergals.com\/content\/films\/dear-frankie\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Frankie (2004)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Theaters:<\/b> January 21, 2005 (US)
\nRating:<\/b> PG-13 \/ 105 Minutes
\nGenre:<\/b> Drama, Romance
\nDirector:<\/b> Shona Auerbach<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lizzie is the Scottish mother of Frankie , a deaf and highly intelligent 9-year-old. Constantly uprooting themselves and relocating from town to town, Lizzie and Frankie are on the run from the latter’s abusive father, a fact unknown to the boy, who believes his dad is a busy seaman sending letters full of adventure and love. In fact, Lizzie is writing those missives, but she is faced with a challenge when Frankie discovers his father’s ship will dock nearby. Lizzie hires a kind, handsome stranger to play Frankie’s dad, creating an odd situation in which ever-growing lies become a conduit for love, and Lizzie’s repressed desires come to the fore with a man posing as her husband. The moral tangles are of interest in director Shona Auerbach’s charmingly paced, quietly insightful drama-comedy, but so is the glorious feeling of watching these characters come fully alive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Emily Mortimer<\/a> as Lizzie
\nJack McElhone<\/a> as Frankie
\nGerry Butler<\/a> as The Stranger<\/strong>
\nMary Riggans<\/a> as Nell
\nSharon Small<\/a> as Marie
\nJayd Johnson<\/a> as Catriona
\nSean Brown<\/a> as Ricky Monroe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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