Frankie

Hope Madden of Maddwolf

2019-11-22

Sachs’s greying narrative, while never pushy, feels determined to expose our personal desires to check off boxes and maintain the illusion of control. Frankie manipulates events to find solace in the idea that there are final solutions, or that a person may continue to be needed and useful, even present for our loved ones after we’re gone. But life is untidy, and fittingly, so is Frankie. Read more

Dan Green of Roobla

2021-05-28

Although heavy on the dialogue, it’s well-written and the occasional subtitles give it an added dimension in much the same way as Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglorious Basterds. Read more

Ulkar Alakbarova of Movie Moves Me

2019-09-16

Frankie is a family drama that revolves around a not-so-big family that must find the courage to say goodbye, and a woman who, with her last goodbye, wants to be remembered as someone who built a bonding before her death what her family could not when she was alive. Read more

Eric Hillis of The Movie Waffler

2021-05-20

Too much of Frankie consists of characters telling us their backstories, and every time someone new enters the screen they begin to tell the nearest character of their troubles. None of it feels remotely natural... Read more

Victor Fraga of Dirty Movies

2019-05-21

The outcome is a tedious, partly formulaic and mostly unremarkable movie. Read more

Bob Mann of One Mann's Movies

2021-05-24

Aside from the couple of decent scenes, most of the shots feel like first takes, with the actors doing read-throughs of the clunky script to try to work out how to best sell the lines. Read more