While the detached, deadpan tone and occasionally stilted acting might leave some viewers flat, there's no doubting the fierce intelligence behind this admirable puzzle box of a movie.
Frequencies
2013 · 1h 45m · NOT RATED
Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction
Directed by
Darren Paul Fisher
Overview
The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Like youth itself, the opening of Frequencies - an uncommonly ambitious science-fiction romance - is sparkling and unsettling at once.
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