Trailer
Frankie & Hazel
5.3
|
1h 32m
|
2000
Overview
Actress JoBeth Williams directed this Showtime family feature starring The Sixth Sense's Mischa Barton for Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. Barton is Frankie and Ingrid Uribe is Hazel, Frankie's neighbor and best friend. Frankie is an orphan who lives with her imperious grandmother, Phoebe (Joan Plowright), while Hazel lives with her father and older brother. Frankie's mother was a prima ballerina--killed in a car crash along with her father--and Frankie's been following in her toe shoes ever since. Although she's the best dancer in her class, she'd rather play baseball, whereas Hazel's a local activist who'd rather be mayor. The story strains credibility when 13-year-old Hazel runs for office against the middle-aged incumbent, but Frankie's goal is more understandable, and both actresses make their characters sympathetic and believable. It's as hard not to like them as it is not to root for them to succeed.
Cast
Joan Plowright
Phoebe Harkness
Mischa Barton
Francesca 'Frankie' Humphries
Ingrid Uribe
Hazel Perez
Richard Yniguez
Antonio Perez
Richard Yniguez
Carlos Perez
Anthony Marquez
Carlos Perez
Michael Kopsa
Coach Anhault
Recommendations
Forrest Gump
1994
8.5
Interstellar
2014
8.4
Joker
2019
8.2
Snowpiercer
2013
6.9
Oldboy
2003
8.3
Se7en
1995
8.4
Oppenheimer
2023
8.1
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
8.4
Spirited Away
2001
8.5
The Skin I Live In
2011
7.5
Tenet
2020
7.2
Deadpool 2
2018
7.5
Me Before You
2016
7.9
The Godfather
1972
8.7
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017
6.8