Review of Being Frank (2019) by Brent_Marchant — 27 Jun 2019
Despite a fine lead performance by Jim Gaffigan, this dark comedy about the misadventures of a philandering middle-aged dad with two families often falls flat thanks to a screenplay that misses opportunities for wicked laughs, attempts to make light of situations that aren't funny and tries too hard to generate sympathy for a protagonist undeserving of it.
What's more, the film at times verges on becoming too complicated for its own good, mistakenly confusing excessive complexity with screwball pacing. This picture's premise had a lot of potential but, regrettably, just can't pull it off successfully.
This review of Being Frank (2019) was written by Brent_Marchant on 27 Jun 2019.
Being Frank has generally received positive reviews.
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