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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. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

A family confronts a life-altering crisis while vacationing in Portugal.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Some Sexual Material|Brief Strong Language)
  • Genre:
    drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Ira Sachs
  • Producer:
    Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt
  • Writer:
    Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $171.5K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée, Beluga Tree, ICA French-Portuguese Co-Production Fund, O Som e a Fúria, Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique, SBS Productions, Proximus, ICA Minority Portuguese Co-Production Fund

Cast & Crew

Isabelle Huppert
Frankie
Marisa Tomei
Irene
Greg Kinnear
Gary
Brendan Gleeson
Jimmy
Jérémie Renier
Paul Gagne
Pascal Greggory
Michel Gagne
Ariyon Bakare
Ian Andoh
Carloto Cotta
Tiago Mirante
Sennia Nanua
Maya Andoh
Vinette Robinson
Sylvia Andoh
Ira Sachs
Director
Ira Sachs
Screenwriter
Mauricio Zacharias
Screenwriter
Saïd Ben Saïd
Producer
Michel Merkt
Producer
Kevin Chneiweiss
Executive Producer
Lucas Joaquin
Executive Producer
Rui Pocas
Cinematographer
Sophie Reine
Film Editor
Dickon Hinchliffe
Original Music
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  • Taking a role designed to collapse the divide between performer and character as opportunity to uncover new levels on naturalism, Huppert offers another beautifully modulated turn in a part that is primarily reactive.

    February 12, 2020 | Full Review…

    Ben Croll

    TheWrap

  • The ensemble cast is uniformly first-rate, but Sachs' moribund movie is a slog.

    November 14, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Marc Savlov

    Austin Chronicle

  • 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.

    November 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Nathalie Atkinson

    Globe and Mail

  • 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.

    November 8, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

    Ty Burr

    Boston Globe

  • Alas, as whole, Frankie plays like one of Woody Allen's lesser, European-set films...

    November 2, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

    Richard Roeper

    Chicago Sun-Times

  • [The] performances feel lived in, like they're actually friends meeting up for the fist time in years.

    October 31, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Garrett Mitchell

    Arizona Republic
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