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Being Frank
Directed by
Miranda Bailey
2019
1h 51m
R
Comedy
6.1
34%
65%
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A normal father's family life is turned upside down when his son discovers his dad has another family.
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Cast of Being Frank
Jim Gaffigan
Frank
Logan Miller
Philip
Anna Gunn
Laura
Samantha Mathis
Bonnie
Alex Karpovsky
Ross
Isabelle Phillips
Kelly
Gage Banister
Eddie
Danielle Campbell
Allison
Hayes MacArthur
Stan
Michelle Hurd
Marcy
Daniel Rashid
Lewis
Being Frank Reviews
Observer
Rex Reed
Being Frank festers uncomfortably from start to finish.
San Francisco Chronicle
Zaki Hasan
It adopts a tonally dissonant and thematically confused approach to what is, in essence, little more than a Lifetime movie writ large.
indieWire
David Ehrlich
Yes, it's a real breath of fresh air to watch an American comedy so forthright, even one that isn't funny. But it shouldn't be.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
What a jerk. But what an interesting jerk to be at the center of a quirky and entertaining deadpan comedy/drama.
RogerEbert.com
Sheila O'Malley
The setup (script by Glen Lakin) is full of wacko screwball potential, some of which is mined, some of which misses the boat.
Washington Post
Pat Padua
Unfortunately, in the filmmaker's narrative-feature debut, she takes the theme of betrayal and turns it into fodder for a sitcom, and not a particularly funny one at that.
Spectrum Culture
Josh Goller
Being Frank threatens to sink under the weight of life-altering deception played for laughs.
Slant Magazine
Derek Smith
The film sends the curious message that that any time an abusive parent spends with a child is time well spent.
Chicago Reader
Jamie Ludwig
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.
Los Angeles Times
Carlos Aguilar
Gaffigan deals in exaggerated grimaces that shift back and forth from panic to guarded sincerity, which make for most of the movie's humor aside from some cutting lines by the supporting cast.
Variety
Joe Leydon
Laughs are few and far between in this weak comedy about a bigamist whose son discovers the truth behind his "business trips."
TheWrap
Dan Callahan
There is a tug-of-war here between her attempt to explore her characters in a very serious way and the demands of the material, which is clearly meant to be played as farce most of the time, particularly towards the end.
New York Times
Teo Bugbee
It's a period movie with little style and a family flick wholly lacking in charm or warmth.
Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
Bailey and Lakin give [Gaffigan] next to nothing to work with, and the result flops where it should crackle.
Austin Chronicle
Ashley Moreno
Frank betrays everyone he professes to love, which includes two wives and four children. He's horrible. It should be easy to hate him, but Gaffigan and Miller's onscreen chemistry and writer Glen Lakin's hilarious dialogue complicate it all a bit.
KDHX (St. Louis)
Martha K. Baker
It's hard to say who's more at fault: writer, director, actors, pool boy.
QBP Reviews
Amyana Bartley
Director Miranda Bailey put together an overall enjoyable film reminiscent of the sleeper films of an era of filmmaking that is altogether lost
Cambridge Day
Tom Meek
Inconsistent lurches between romp comedy and soap opera melodrama detract as the plot noose tightens and the truth closes in on Frank.
TheArtsStl
Sarah Boslaugh
...a tonally inconsistent, unsatisfying film that is neither funny nor insightful...
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
Jim Gaffigan mugs as a dad with two families. A few interesting pieces, but it's basically a TV sitcom version of a British slamming doors farce.
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