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Frank the Bastard

2015 · 1h 51m · N/A Drama, Thriller
Directed by Brad Coley

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Overview

A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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11%
Tomatometer
Rotten

Brad Coley's slow-paced thriller has a decent cast, but can't draw the viewer into its convoluted, overstuffed mystery.

Andrew Barker, Variety
Fresh

A complex, engrossing mystery that holds up in repeated viewings.

Martin Tsai, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

Complex and possessed of an otherworldly serenity, Frank gets too little screen time; developing his character further might have redeemed this movie.

Helen T. Verongos, New York Times
Rotten

Why doesn't Wendy Vanden Heuvel do more film? As Clair's cranky cousin Alice, she does more acting with a smirk and a turtleneck than the rest of the cast combined.

Katharine Pushkar, New York Daily News
Rotten

A basic-cable-caliber drama in which tragic outsiders harbor obscured small-town secrets and the overconfident belief they're characters in a Eugene O'Neill play.

Aaron Hillis, Village Voice

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