Being Frank
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- Common Sense Age 15+
- Critics Consensus 34%
- HD
- CC
- SDH
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- Comedy
- 1 Hour 50 Minutes
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4.2 • 5 Ratings
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Seventeen-year-old Philip (Logan Miller) longs to leave his small town for music school in The Big Apple. His dreams are dashed when his overbearing father, Frank (Jim Gaffigan), forbids it. In retaliation to his father's dictatorial parenting, he sneaks away in search of a wild spring break. However, when he crosses state lines, he instead finds a charming lake community where he spots his father with another woman. Turns out, Frank lives in this town and has an entire other family. With this bizarre revelation Philip realizes he can either blow the whistle on his father's deceit or take advantage of the surreal situation.
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Seventeen-year-old Philip (Logan Miller) longs to leave his small town for music school in The Big Apple. His dreams are dashed when his overbearing father, Frank (Jim Gaffigan), forbids it. In retaliation to his father's dictatorial parenting, he sneaks away in search of a wild spring break. However, when he crosses state lines, he instead finds a charming lake community where he spots his father with another woman. Turns out, Frank lives in this town and has an entire other family. With this bizarre revelation Philip realizes he can either blow the whistle on his father's deceit or take advantage of the surreal situation.
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $14.99
Trailers
Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: Being Frank suggests Jim Gaffigan may have a real future as a dramatic actor -- if only he's offered projects that don't suffer from so much wasted potential.
Honest dramedy about impact of deception and lies.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Miranda Bailey
- Screenwriter
- Glen Lakin
Information
- Studio
- Film Arcade
- Genre
- Comedy
- Released
- Copyright
- © 2019 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Dolby 5.1, Stereo, CC, SDH)
- Additional
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French (Subtitles), Spanish (Subtitles)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
- SDH
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) refer to subtitles in the original language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.