Freeze Frame

R

Released Jun 18, 2004

1h 40m

Mystery & Thriller

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71%

7 Reviews

Tomatometer

60%

1,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

After innocent Sean Veil (Lee Evans) is found not guilty of a brutal triple murder, he becomes a paranoid recluse, living alone and obsessively filming every moment of his life to always have an alibi. When the body of a woman who disappeared five years prior turns up, stubborn detective Louis Emeric (Sean McGinley) turns his eye toward Veil. When he cannot locate the tapes proving his whereabouts at the time of the murder, Veil's paranoia grows exponentially as he attempts to uncover the truth.

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Audience Member

Def unbelievable and kept getting more far fetched but it was decent enough 3.0

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/28/21

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Frances H

Terrific psychological thriller showing that you can't be too paranoid, done with slick elegance of a classic film noir and murder mystery, beautifully filmed.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/28/13

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Audience Member

This was a great film. I have NO idea why it has such low audience ratings. I am a big movie buff and I loved it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

After nearly three years, i finally got around to watching this and i wasn't disappointed. It is a very smart and interesting film. Lee Evans is my very favourite comedian and it was great to see him in this, and like Jim Carrey in The Number 23, comedians truly can act, Lee is brilliant in this. Great supporting cast, well directed and it kept me interested right til the end. Great film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

cool movie.. interesting storyline and ending.. had some great acting as well. some parts were really weird which fitted the whole atmosphere perfectly...... this movie is definatly worth watching!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

cool movie.. interesting storyline and ending.. had some great acting as well. some parts were really weird which fitted the whole atmosphere perfectly...... this movie is definatly worth watching!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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John Simpson

Director

Lee Evans

Sean Veil

Sean McGinley

Emeric

Ian McNeice

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Colin Salmon

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Rachael Stirling

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Kevin Crust

Los Angeles Times

Simpson and director of photography Mark Garret manage to place the audience well inside the disoriented, dystopian world inhabited by Veil.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 9, 2004

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Ella Taylor

L.A. Weekly

Evans is wonderfully vulnerable and insidious as the mischievously named Sean Veil.

Dec 9, 2004

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Neil Smith

BBC.com

Sadly, after a promising opening, John Simpson's feature debut dissolves into a disappointing hodgepodge of risible overacting and transparent plotting.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 14, 2004

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Tom Dawson

The List

This low budget debut feature swiftly squanders an interesting premise of a man under perpetual self-surveillance to become a garbled and illogical thriller.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 18, 2019

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Matthew Turner

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Rated: 3/5

Aug 14, 2004

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Uma premissa original e inteligente que é muito bem explorada pelo estreante diretor John Simpson e pelo comediante Lee Evans, surpreendentemente eficaz em um papel dramático.

Rated: 5/5

Aug 10, 2004

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Synopsis

After innocent Sean Veil (Lee Evans) is found not guilty of a brutal triple murder, he becomes a paranoid recluse, living alone and obsessively filming every moment of his life to always have an alibi. When the body of a woman who disappeared five years prior turns up, stubborn detective Louis Emeric (Sean McGinley) turns his eye toward Veil. When he cannot locate the tapes proving his whereabouts at the time of the murder, Veil's paranoia grows exponentially as he attempts to uncover the truth.

Director: John Simpson
Screenwriter: John Simpson
Distributor: First Look
Production Co: Green Park Films
Rating: R (Language|Strong Violence|Sexual Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 18, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital