

Frantic
Danger. Desire. Desperation.
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.
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6.7/10
1,188 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $17.6M
- Language
- English
- hotel room
- husband wife relationship
- paris, france
- wife
- espionage
- married couple
- man woman relationship
- man looking for wife
- doctor
- intrigue
- neo-noir
- missing wife
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Produced in
United States of America, France
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR26 Feb 1988
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1519 Feb 1988
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM9 Jun 1988
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1415 Sept 1988
FranceFR
- Theatrical1630 Mar 1988
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1225 Aug 1988
HungaryHU
- Theatrical188 Feb 1990
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1516 Sept 1988
ItalyIT
- Theatrical27 Sept 1988
JapanJP
- TheatricalR18+9 Jul 1988
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1215 Sept 1988
- Physical12DVD27 Oct 1999
- TV12RTL 59 Mar 2002
PolandPL
- Theatrical31 Dec 1988
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Frantic was released on 19 February 1988.
Audience reviews
2- J6/10
JPV852
8/9/2020
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**
- K10/10
kevin2019
1/24/2024
"Frantic" is an engrossing and well made film that easily builds up a genuine sense of mystery and intrigue from the very beginning. It is incredibly well crafted throughout with an immediately interesting opening gambit and Roman Polanski is a seasoned director and he knows precisely how to create a natural and rhythmic momentum to the proceedings and to then successfully maintain it at a certain level without any e…
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