The progression of events and the structuring of the plot, steadily escalating toward a volatile climax, are sharply handled.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 9, 2023

There are so many good things in Frantic that one feels irritated the movie as a whole isn't better than it is. It's certainly miles better than Polanski's most recent effort, the disastrous Pirates, but not as good as it should be.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 15, 2019

It's a film about ordinary people put in unordinary circumstances pressed to extraordinary levels, and the film itself becomes extraordinary by the effort.

| Dec 9, 2017

...a solid, consistently entertaining piece of work that boasts a typically stellar performance from Harrison Ford.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 24, 2011

Curiously and effectively weds the unlikely adventure of a thriller to the plodding realism of daily life... [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 28, 2010

[An] energetic and often light-hearted thriller.

| Feb 19, 2010

One of the best traditional thrillers to come down the pike in quite some time.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 19, 2010

[Polanski's] usual surrealism is almost completely absent.

| Feb 19, 2010

Embora assuma os contornos de um suspense mais tradicional (e eficiente, diga-se de passagem), Busca Frentica desenvolve um subtexto rico de significados.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 13, 2010

A thriller without much surprise, suspense or excitement.

| Oct 18, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 23, 2008

A nice little suspense movie for those who enjoy the slow burns.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 18, 2006

Funny and unsettling.

| Jan 26, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 1, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 17, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 4, 2005

Some of Ford's best work to date, an absorbing thriller spun from a marvelously simple concept.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 13, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 19, 2004

A frantic Harrison Ford we get throughout this Polanski work.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 25, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 28, 2004