Can be used (similar to counting sheep) to count the cliches that pop up in this by-the-numbers thriller. Harrison Ford was good when he got angry, about the only thing going for this. Oh, and it's well-made, being Polanski, and all that yada. Still one of the most forgettable movies seen in a while.

Seems like a modern attempt at a Hitchcock thriller. Ford is good, as is the female lead, but it moves a little too slowly.

Not much to remember, despite Tate.

An okay thriller plot with good work by Harrison Ford and stylish direction by Polanski. I was surprised to see Robert Towne worked on the screenplay. I expect better from him.

After the absorbing first forty minutes, Frantic loses its focus and wanders of in too many directions. In the end, it ends as your typically mediocre thriller. And yes, Polanski, this time, is quite shallow.

Quite possibly the most normal film Polanski has ever directed, but you shouldn't hold that against it. :-) A good, solid piece of work

Like a modern day Hitchcock film, reminds me a lot of The Man Who Knew Too Much. Polanski spins a good yarn.

Sadly, Polanski started to bore me for the last third of the film. Once the mystery was revealed, it seemed a bit of an "is that it?" moment and you just had to wait while he trudged through the final moments.

Ford was good, as was the female lead and the tension between the two was first class. But ultimately after building up so much suspense (the scenes at and after the disappearance of his wife are utterly brilliant) and tension Polanski blows it by revealing the mystery of the whole debacle too early which leads to a disappointing anti-climax. If nothing more watch it for the first hour and a bit.

Nothing new here. Decent Ennio Morricone score though.

precursor to the fugitive?

Excellently directed, overlooked thriller from Roman Polanski.

Ford is good here as the everyman drawn into a thriller situation, but ultimately it begins to feel contrived. Good Paris location shooting makes up for flaws.

The ending is oddly special and half-heartbraking. The whole movie is.

At once intelligent and silly. The first act is pretty good and has you going, but from then on it just sinks deeper and deeper into cliche, losing its grasp on reality. Polanski/Towne could have done much better with the intriguing premise of a wife's disappearance in a foreign city. Harrison Ford is just impossible not to like though.

This is a nice little thriller. Ford gives a good performance. There is not an overabundance of action sequences but the film is still exciting.

Good suspense/thriller featuring a tense plot, great acting (everything's better with accents), and the indescribably bizarre dance skills of Emmanuelle Seigner. Overall a fun ride to a disappointing destination.

73.000

The screenplay for Frantic symbolizes a lesson in how to craft a scrumptiously heady thriller but the film itself demonstrates how not to translate such material to screen. That's because Polanski's approach to directing is, in these circumstances, too plain and straightforward. He shows a knack for crafting striking images, but little gift for infusing the production with prerequisite atmosphere and style. The flat cast - deprived of personality - cements the failure.

When I saw this everything seemed pretty obvious. Maybe it wasn't like that when it first came out in 1988? I don't know. Still extremely entertaining though. Harrison Ford is one at his best when it comes to suspense.

Thriller could be better, but it's still good.