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Being Frank

Being Frank

Comedy · 2019

A seventeen-year-old boy blackmails his father after discovering his secret second family

Movie details

Being Frank

2019 Comedy 1h 51m

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

A seventeen-year-old boy blackmails his father after discovering his secret second family

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Being Frank?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Miranda Bailey

Written by

Glen Lakin

Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan

Frank

Logan Miller

Logan Miller

Philip

Anna Gunn

Anna Gunn

Laura

Samantha Mathis

Samantha Mathis

Bonnie

Alex Karpovsky

Alex Karpovsky

Ross

Isabelle  Phillips

Isabelle Phillips

Kelly

Gage Banister

Gage Banister

Eddie

Court is in session

Put Being Frank on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.