Also known as OVX: The Manual, Frequencies is an intelligent Philosophical Science Fiction, set in a different dimension where the way people resonate with the universe and with each other, determines their lives. As a young student, Isaac Newton Cole has a crush on Marie Curie Fortune, who's frequencies are the highest in the world, unlike him, who has the lowest. Which means while they're both blessed with genius brains, she has all the luck in the world but is unable have feelings, and he's the unluckiest person in the world and feeling everything.
Still students and experimenting with their frequencies, Zak and Marie meet for one minute every day or so, because if he stays near her more than that, his luck gets worse. They're actually prohibited to be in the same proximity because what might happened around him.
Years later, they meet again and Zak has figured out a device that uses 2 syllable words to make his frequencies run higher, which makes him stay near her more than a minute. He helps her lower her frequencies and she finally loves him back. But the small device comes with unexpected side effects.
Years later, they meet again and Zak has figured out a device that uses 2 syllable words to make his frequencies run higher, which makes him stay near her more than a minute. He helps her lower her frequencies and she finally loves him back. But the small device comes with unexpected side effects.
I will stop here and try not to ruin the movie for the ones who want to see it, but I have to say that I enjoyed it greatly. The questions raised by this film are not new but I've never seen them tackled in this manner. Can we be predicted? Do we have any control on what happens to us? And if our lives have been determined ever since forever, can we change them? And if we're unable to be the drivers of our own paths, does the control even matter if we're pleased with how the things are going?
Frequencies keeps its focus on the characters and that makes it more fun. It doesn't stray away on insignificant details. Everything is well executed. The script, the acting, the pacing. You'll have to get involved with what happens on screen, to be able to follow the story. If you lose the thread of the conversation, do not concentrate on it. It's not that it isn't important but what's more important is to focus on the atmosphere, the comedy and the drama both characters are going through, and the irony of their love story. As read on Imdb, the movie is best described as a combination of "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind", "500 Days of Summer" and "Primer".