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Frankie

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France, Portugal · 2019
Rated PG-13 · 1h 38m
Director Ira Sachs
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei
Genre Drama

The film follows three generations who have gathered for a vacation organized by the family matriarch, Frankie. In this fairy tale setting, husbands and wives, parents and children, friends and lovers, stirred by their romantic impulses - discover the cracks between them, as well as unexpected depth of feeling.

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75

The A.V. Club by A.A. Dowd

The whole thing struck me as pleasant, nicely judged, and unremarkable, right up to a final shot so graceful and moving that it sent waves of poignancy backwards through the movie.

70

TheWrap by Ben Croll

The film studiously avoids melodrama or theatrics of any sort, enfolding instead as a kind of melancholic tone poem.

50

The Playlist by Caroline Tsai

Meandering ... The film somehow lacks the structural cogency necessary to support a compelling narrative, while also encompassing enough discernible plot conventions to reveal a screenwriter’s meddling.

75

IndieWire by David Ehrlich

It drifts by with all the force of a mild summer breeze, and — as is typical of Sachs’ jewel-like work — it leaves you feeling like you could have spent another 90 minutes with these characters. For better or worse, this one also leaves you feeling like Sachs could have spent another 90 minutes with these characters, too.

40

Screen Daily by Jonathan Romney

The episodic, ruminative and very talky mood suggests something between Chekhov and Eric Rohmer – or at moments, Woody Allen without the humour. That’s not to say that the film is entirely dry, but there’s an earnestness about it and occasionally a leadenness in the acting.

60

Variety by Owen Gleiberman

There are a few surprises in Frankie, and the movie, in its placid way, wants to deliver a tug of revelation of what life is about. The trouble is, life at the end of this day doesn’t look very much different than it did at the start of the day.

20

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

The scenes have no fire or lightness and sometimes they are embarrassing. ... Sachs is such a talented film-maker, but this is a baffling misstep.

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