Empire: Dear Frankie
- Pretty locations and solid acting keep this assured debut ticking along, but don't expect any big surprises.
- http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/review.asp?DVDID=10605

Entertainment Weekly: Dear Frankie
- Dear Frankie is a Scottish weepie of such bathos and balderdash that it deserves a drinking game in its rotten honor: Bend an elbow every time you've underestimated how low screenwriter Andrea Gibb and director Shona Auerbach will go to wring a tear. By L
- http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1036467_1_0_,00.html

2004: The Summer's Best
- Even more disappointing is that Dear Frankie, which has received strong buzz so far from the majority of critics, turned out to be an entirely ho-hum motion picture. By Danny Baldwin.
- http://www.bucketreviews.com/sdff.html#BR%20Dear%20Frankie

Reviewjournal.com: Dear Frankie
- For all its far-fetched plotting, and there are times when "Dear Frankie" definitely pushes the credibility envelope, the movie maintains its emotional truth through every far-fetched twist. By Carol Cling.
- http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Apr-15-Fri-2005/weekly/26270007.html

Reel.com: Dear Frankie
- Expertly modulated and uncommonly touching, the Scottish drama Dear Frankie is a deep and delicate look at a young boy's need to believe and a mother's need to protect. By Gary Goldstein.
- http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=140438&PID=10119081&Tab=reviews&CID=18#tabs

Deseretnews.com: Dear Frankie
- Although the British drama "Dear Frankie" is free of the treacly sentiment that typifies this kind of movie, there are times when the sentiment is thick enough to border on becoming a full-fledged tearjerker. By Jeff Vice.
- http://deseretnews.com/movies/view/1,1257,405000535,00.html

PopMatters: Dear Frankie
- Though occasionally movie-child cute, Frankie is for the most part a complicated young person whose only instrument of communication is his body. By Lesley Smith.
- http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/d/dear-frankie.shtml

Review for Dear Frankie
- Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, and Gerard Butler star in "Dear Frankie," an attentive and well-made Scottish import that emphasizes strong character development in ways that are both subtle and complex. By David N. Butterworth.
- http://reviews.imdb.com/Reviews/396/39643

Filmcritic.com: Dear Frankie
- A movie like Dear Frankie needs more quiet moments where we see the characters apart from the chaos surrounding them. Without that, you’re frequently reminded that the actors are just that: actors, and not real people. By Pete Croatto.
- http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/ddb5490109a79f598625623d0015f1e4/9ce0279f123be57088256fed0073fe7f?OpenDocument

Palo Alto Online: Dear Frankie
- This is a lovely ensemble piece that touches on poignant themes of commitment, compassion and the emotional exhaustion inherent in maintaining an elaborate fiction originating from love and fear. By Jeanne Aufmuth.
- http://www.paloaltoonline.com/movies/cgi/moviescreener_long.cgi?id=2159

Dear Frankie
- Dear Frankie is a sweet wisp of a film, held together—just barely—by its down-to-earth charm and winning performances. By Tim Knight.
- http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=140438&Tab=reviews&buy=open&CID=13#tabs

The Flick Filosopher: Dear Frankie
- Director Shona Auerbach and writer Andrea Gibb have found all sorts of ways to depict tender moments of unspoken love and the wisdom and sweetness of children and will require at least four hankies if you're anything like me. By MaryAnn Johanson.
- http://www.flickfilosopher.com/flickfilos/archive/2005/frankiewife.shtml

Spirituality & Practice:Dear Frankie
- Shona Auerbach directs this intimate family drama that demonstrates the lengths one loving mother will go to protect her son from the truth about his dangerous and violent father. By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat.
- http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=9216

EI Review: Dear Frankie
- "Dear Frankie" uses convenient movie contrivance well to tell a textured story populated by real people. The story as a whole may not completely hold up, but the characterizations created have depth and importance. By Jonathan W. Hickman.
- http://www.einsiders.com/reviews/archives/show_theatrical.php?review_theatricle=270

DVD Review: Dear Frankie
- By keeping away from big emotional moments, sappy ballads on the soundtrack and other such genre staples, "Dear Frankie" actually steers away from the kind of tearjerker train wreck that it could have easily become.
- http://www.currentfilm.com/dvdreviews7/dearfrankiedvd.html

FilmJerk.com: Dear Frankie
- A sweet, gentle story of unusual relationships, “Dear Frankie” has a giant heart, yet the film rarely dips into sentimentality. An unexpectedly calm performance from Gerard Butler helps matters greatly, making this a rare Miramax surprise. By Brian Or
- http://www.filmjerk.com/reviews/article.php?id_rev=522

DVD Review of Dear Frankie
- What makes "Dear Frankie" work is the acting, which is uniformly superb, every character a precise, living, breathing human being. By John J. Puccio.
- http://www.dvdtown.com/review/dearfrankie/16407/2988/

The Movie Chicks: Review - Dear Frankie
- This is a nice little family drama.
- http://www.themoviechicks.com/early2005/mcrdearfrankie.html

Latino Review: Dear Frankie
- The phrase “heartwarming story” is usually a red flag for corniness, but “Dear Frankie” actually delivers the goods. Includes 3 photos.
- http://www.latinoreview.com/films_2005/miramax/dearfrankie/review.html

Movie-Vault.com: Dear Frankie
- Sweet without being too sentimental despite having a plot which sounds deceptively like a Hallmark movie or TV soap, Scottish film Dear Frankie is surprisingly worthwhile. By Avril Carruthers.
- http://www.movie-vault.com/reviews/QSxOQzDVKCKrQhAF

Hybridmagazine.com: Dear Frankie
- I found it to be a sweet, touching, and overall engaging experience. Review by Jeffrey “The Vile One” Harris.
- http://www.hybridmagazine.com/films/0405/dear-frankie.shtml

Wolf Entertainment Guide: Dear Frankie
- “Dear Frankie” is one of the most satisfying films thus far in 2005.
- http://www.wolfentertainmentguide.com/pub/filmsearch.asp?record=3028

Flipside Movie Emporium: Dear Frankie Movie Review
- At its heart lies a very sweet concept, but one that's easily poked to pieces if you're inclined to do so. Review by Sean O'Connell.
- http://www.flipsidemovies.com/dearfrankie.html

Reeling Review of Dear Frankie
- "Dear Frankie" is a film that fully engages with the search for a 'champion skimmer' and defines its characters so subtly that they surprise us when they act just the way we've been told they should. By Robin & Laura Clifford.
- http://www.reelingreviews.com/dearfrankie.htm

Rolling Stone : Dear Frankie Review
- The film is unhurried, unslick and easy to hold dear. By Peter Travers.
- http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/_/id/6135463

Xiibaro Reviews: Dear Frankie
- Under the façade of overly sentimental melodramatics is a surprisingly assured and hopeful rendition of a deaf boy’s story of finding his father. By David Perry.
- http://www.cinema-scene.com/archive/06/2004/dearfrankie.html

Boxoffice Magazine: Dear Frankie
- A satisfying and well-directed story. Review by Dan DiClerico.
- http://www.boxoffice.com/scripts/fiw.dll?GetReview?&where=ID&terms=7855

Moviehole.net - Dear Frankie
- Reviewer Jason Blake discusses solid performances and an overbearing score.
- http://www.moviehole.net/reviews/20050604_1502.html

FilmThreat.com: Dear Frankie
- Positive review of the drama by Ross Williams.
- http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=6175

Screen It: Parental Review: "Dear Frankie"
- Review addresses film content, the cast as role models and offers a parental advisory notice.
- http://www.screenit.com/movies/2005/dear_frankie.html

Rogerebert.com: Reviews - Dear Frankie
- "The filmmakers work close to the bone, finding emotional truth in hard, lonely lives," says the acclaimed critic in this favorable review of Shona Auerbach's 2004 film.
- http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050310/REVIEWS/50222003/1023