"Frank" Movie Review

"Frank" is a new indie comedy/drama/mystery movie about a keyboardist named Jon (Domhnall Gleeson) who scores a spot in an indie pop band called "Soronpfrbs" made up of "mentally ill" people trying to record an album. The band is fronted by a man named Frank (Michael Fassbender) who wears a fake head and NEVER takes it off, but instead describes his facial expressions to his comrades. Jon is the most normal person in the band, and is strongly hated by one of the members from day one, and he also happens to struggle with music writing, which you'd think would be a requirement when he joined. Throughout the movie, everyone seems to be obsessed with Frank, whether they want to be him or they want to be with him, and two of the members actually end up committing suicide. Lenny Abrahamson's "Frank" tries to address that old question about whether you can be "normal" and still creative; do you need to be emotionally damaged to be paragon of inspiring energy? "Frank" provides a new perspective to not only the life of struggling musicians, but the cost of being creative, the obstacles to finding your muse, and how craziness contributes to art, and does so in a very entertaining way! "Frank" is based on Chris Sievey's iconic comedy character Frank Sidebottom. "Frank" is rated R for language and some sexual content. The movie has 7.3/10 stars on IMDb. My personal grade for it: B. I hope you've enjoyed this post! Please subscribe to this blog for more reviews! (Update as of 5 April 2023: I want to clarify that this is not a movie of good morals, I don't condone/endorse it, and I would give it a very different rating now.)