Frank
Frank
is directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Room,
What Richard Did) and stars Domhnall
Gleeson as Jon Burroughs, Michael Fassbender as Frank, Maggie Gyllenhaal as
Clara, Scoot McNairy as Don, Carla Azar as Nana, and Francois Civil as
Baraque.
An aspiring musician, Jon randomly
encounters a garage band with a lead singer that wears a large paper mache head
everywhere and at all times. Jon joins this electronic/pop/alternative band
after being offered a role by manager Don, but soon finds out that maybe he
took on a bigger challenge than he anticipated, what with weird Frank being
weird Frank, jealous Clara being jealous Clara, and Nana and Baraque
being...themselves. Fun trips, awkward scenarios, and awesome head banging
music take over this critically acclaimed independent film.
Frank
is not only weird as hell, but it's also beautiful. Kind of the same tropes
that an independent movie needs to be successful; it pushes the boundaries that
blockbusters usually are contained in. I think that this particular movie is
successful in that way because of Frank and the story. First of all, Michael
Fassbender has always fascinated me in the roles he has chosen; from the
sinister mutant in the X-Men series
to a hunger-striking prison inmate in Hunger.
I honestly think his performance in Frank
is the strangest, yet most brilliant choice he's made in his acting career thus
far. A front man of a band who is too insecure about his creative music skills
without his paper mache head? You can definitely check the box that says '10'
on the originality scale. Even with the very talented Michael Fassbender as the
covered Frank, the rest of the cast is on their A game to compete with
Fassbender's performance, especially Domhnall Gleeson who has a lot of screen
time shared with the fake head. Gleeson's Jon Burroughs has the biggest
character arch than any other characters in this film because of Frank's
influence. He goes from nice guy to coward to bully to other, I guess, strange
personalities. Frank is like the zombie apocalypse in this whole movie. By
that, I mean that he impacts everyone's role in the band and in life. I
wouldn't say he is the person to be focused on throughout the whole movie, but
when you see his big fake head, you say to yourself "I would loooooove to
see more of this guy".
If you like fresh ideas, I really mean
FRESH, then check out Frank. It's
odd, sweet, and has kick ass music. The music is also one of those fresh ideas
because you just don't hear this type of alternative music in mainstream media
anymore. Anyways, Michael Fassbender has a hilarious role to pull off in Frank and he does it extremely well. The
rest of the cast, including Domhnall Gleeson's excellent performance, is
spectacular. I think I'm actually going to go online and listen to the
soundtrack to Frank now. Just think
about it, a movie about a guy with a paper mache head has influenced my music
taste so much that I actually enjoy music that's "way out there"...Awesome!
Frank is rated R for language and some sexual content
Click here to watch the trailer
Frank is available on DVD, Blu-ray, some streaming services, and
digital download
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