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Name: Being Frank
Released: 2019-6-14
Cast: Jim Gaffigan, Logan Miller, Samantha Mathis, Alex Karpovsky, Anna Gunn

Being Frank

R
1h 51m
2019

34%

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Seventeen-year-old Philip (Logan Miller) longs to leave his small town for music school in The Big Apple. His dreams are dashed when his overbearing father, Frank (Jim Gaffigan), forbids it. In retaliation to his father's dictatorial parenting, he sneaks away in search of a wild spring break. However, when he crosses state lines, he instead finds a charming lake community where he spots his father with another woman. Turns out, Frank lives in this town and has an entire other family. With this bizarre revelation Philip realizes he can either blow the whistle on his father's deceit or take advantage of the surreal situation.

Director:

Miranda Bailey

Producer:

Karen Kehela, Amanda Marshall, Miranda Bailey

Writer:

Glen Lakin

Cast:

Jim Gaffigan, Logan Miller, Samantha Mathis, Alex Karpovsky, Anna Gunn

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

34%

Critics Consensus: Being Frank suggests Jim Gaffigan may have a real future as a dramatic actor -- if only he's offered projects that don't suffer from so much wasted potential.

Reviews

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Charles Koplinski

Jim Gaffigan shows us he can do both comedy and drama in this crazy film about lies begetting lies and the love a child for his father.

The movie blends humor with tragedy in a way that makes for both a wonderful profile of a gifted, misunderstood genius and a cautionary tale about being careful what you wish for in the world of the famous.

Sure there are some laughs in this dark comedy, but frankly it's a story about an ordinary man who lies to the people he loves and teaches his son to do the same.

Being Frank threatens to sink under the weight of life-altering deception played for laughs.

It's hard to say who's more at fault: writer, director, actors, pool boy.

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