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Flawed yet well-acted, Frankie finds director/co-writer Ira Sachs getting snagged in his story's thorny relationships -- and often freed by his stellar cast.
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Sachs manages this day in the life without cumbersome exposition thanks to the texture of this casting, all while keeping the disparate concerns of three generations moving. Nov 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Sachs manages this day in the life without cumbersome exposition thanks to the texture of this casting, all while keeping the disparate concerns of three generations moving.
Nathalie Atkinson
It's a little too late but it's also surpassingly lovely: an aching frame around the human muddle before we go home for good. Nov 8, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
It's a little too late but it's also surpassingly lovely: an aching frame around the human muddle before we go home for good.
Ty Burr
Alas, as whole, Frankie plays like one of Woody Allen's lesser, European-set films... Nov 1, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Alas, as whole, Frankie plays like one of Woody Allen's lesser, European-set films...
Richard Roeper
[The] performances feel lived in, like they're actually friends meeting up for the fist time in years. Oct 31, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
[The] performances feel lived in, like they're actually friends meeting up for the fist time in years.
Garrett Mitchell
"Frankie" never takes a risk, never explores the characters' problems in any meaningful way; it feels all surface. Oct 31, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
"Frankie" never takes a risk, never explores the characters' problems in any meaningful way; it feels all surface.
G. Allen Johnson
I feel like we've all seen this film [before], but they're all kind of enjoyable, like having a nice glass of rosé on a beautiful day. Oct 28, 2019 | Full Review…
I feel like we've all seen this film [before], but they're all kind of enjoyable, like having a nice glass of rosé on a beautiful day.
Amy Nicholson
Exquisitely shot to the extent that it feels like a tourism-film to showcase Portugal's beauty, Frankie has the scenery but lacks the heft, the spark to make it stand out. Jan 16, 2020 | Full Review…
Exquisitely shot to the extent that it feels like a tourism-film to showcase Portugal's beauty, Frankie has the scenery but lacks the heft, the spark to make it stand out.
Mina Takla
There are moments when we understand that deeply felt emotions are being conveyed, but Sachs keeps everything so subdued, at such a stubbornly low-key register, that we don't feel them as deeply as we should. Dec 18, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
There are moments when we understand that deeply felt emotions are being conveyed, but Sachs keeps everything so subdued, at such a stubbornly low-key register, that we don't feel them as deeply as we should.
Lisa Jensen
Ira Sachs puts everything in the hands of his cast, headed by Isabelle Hupert, who proves -- through her character, of course -- that even (oncoming) death becomes her. Dec 14, 2019 | Rating: 3/5
Ira Sachs puts everything in the hands of his cast, headed by Isabelle Hupert, who proves -- through her character, of course -- that even (oncoming) death becomes her.
John Urbancich
The whole thing feels too hastily written (or improvised) to carry much weight, and you would think such a slight tale would compensate with stylish aesthetics. Dec 5, 2019 | Full Review…
The whole thing feels too hastily written (or improvised) to carry much weight, and you would think such a slight tale would compensate with stylish aesthetics.
Ken Eisner
I don't know if the expectations were too high on my end, but Frankie doesn't quite deliver. [Full Review in Spanish] Dec 3, 2019 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
I don't know if the expectations were too high on my end, but Frankie doesn't quite deliver. [Full Review in Spanish]
Fernando E. Juan Lima
Stellar cast makes this otherwise one-note family tale watchable. Dec 2, 2019 | Full Review…
Stellar cast makes this otherwise one-note family tale watchable.
Evan Dossey
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