best film ever". Desson Howe, of The Washington Post, called the movie "vintage Polanski", with its relentless paranoia, irony, diffident strangers and nutty cameos. British film magazine Empire rated the movie three out five, calling it Polanski's most satisfying film since Chinatown, and one of the best traditional thrillers to come down the pike in quite some time. References External links Frantic at Yahoo! Movies 1988 films American mystery thriller films 1980s English-language films 1980s French-language films Films about missing people Films directed by Roman Polanski Films set in Paris Films shot in Paris Warner Bros. films Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films with screenplays by Robert Towne Films with screenplays by Gérard Brach Films with screenplays by Roman Polanski Films about vacationing American neo-noir films 1980s mystery thriller films 1988 multilingual films American multilingual films 1980s American films