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Nov 25, 2020 · “Uncle Frank” commits the unforgivable sin of giving us one evil character whose demise suddenly unleashes a wave of understanding amongst family members who were, until this point, perfectly happy to enforce the harmful status quo that traumatized one of their own.
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Uncle Frank finds writer-director Alan Ball still untangling the modern American family dynamic, aided by standout work from Paul Bettany and Sophia Lillis. Read Critics Reviews
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Uncle Frank holds a good balance of being both a character piece and a well-paced kitchen sink drama, with all the hall-marks of a master screenwright at its helm.
Nov 25, 2020 · In “Uncle Frank,” the writer-director Alan Ball (“True Blood”) combines several overworked genres — the coming-of-age picture, the road-trip odyssey, the angst-filled family-reunion ...
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‘Uncle Frank’: Film Review. Paul Bettany plays a closeted gay man forced to come out to his Southern family in Alan Ball's accomplished '70s-set drama. By Dennis Harvey. Brownie Harris.
Uncle Frank is one of the best movies I saw this year. It's very well made, and It's touching, heartbreaking, funny, entertaining, and important. It's highly recommended because it's a great movie that deserves better recognition and appreciation.
Jan 25, 2020 · Uncle Frank marks the return to feature filmmaking after a long hiatus for Alan Ball, the innovative showrunner behind TV’s Six Feet Under and True Blood.