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Release Date: Mar 4, 2005
Running Time: 105 mins.
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Nine year-old Frankie and his mom, Lizzie, have been on the move ever since he can remember. To protect her son from the truth, Lizzie has invented a story to satisfy Frankie’s curiosity. She regularly writes Frankie a letter from his make-believe father who works aboard a ship traveling to exotic lands. However, Lizzie soon finds out his ‘father’s’ ship will be arriving in a few days. Now, Lizzie must choose between telling Frankie the truth and hatching a desperate plan to find the perfect stranger to play the perfect father.
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Lizzie Morrison
The Stranger
Frankie Morrison
Marie
Nell Morrison
Ricky Munroe
Catriona Murray
Ally
Miss MacKenzie
Mrs. Wallace
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PETER TRAVERS -
February 24, 2005
Gerard Butler hid his looks behind a mask and disfiguring makeup in The Phantom of the Opera. But onscreen in Dear Frankie, Butler shows sensitivity as well as star quality. He plays a Scottish sailor hired by Lizzie (Emily Mortimer) to pretend he's the father of her son Frankie (Jake McElhone), a deaf nine-year-old living outside Glasgow who knows his crewman dad only from letters, delivered from an ever-traveling cargo ship. In truth, Lizzie writes the letters to protect Frankie from his dad's…
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