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There are some intense, heartbreaking moments in this film, but I am glad to say that the ending is not as sad as it could have been.
Full review'70s-set drama follows a Southern teenager (Sophia Lillis, It) who discovers her beloved uncle (Paul Bettany, Avengers: Infinity War) is gay when she attends the university where he works. Written and directed by Alan Ball, the Oscar-winning writer of American Beauty, and creator of Six Feet Under and True Blood.
There are some intense, heartbreaking moments in this film, but I am glad to say that the ending is not as sad as it could have been.
Full reviewUncle Frank recalls plenty of prior coming-out (and coming-of-age) sagas, but revisits their familiar terrain with a confident and skilled mix of humor and character-dynamic shorthand.
Full reviewIt is a frustrating filmgoing experience, but still one worthy of your time for the acting alone.
Full reviewWhile there are a few truly moving detours along the way . . . Uncle Frank fumbles through its fairy-tale finale so fast that it sours everything that came before.
Full reviewIt’s not simply that Uncle Frank becomes just another road-trip comedy — it’s that Ball resorts to clichéd or contrived narrative devices to keep the story going.
Full reviewAlthough clearly made with earnest good intentions, this shabbily constructed work feels way too thirsty for audience love as it strings together a series of life-affirming, message-laden and sometimes embarrassingly anachronistic moments that feel too unconnected to satisfy as a drama.
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