Frankie
critic Reviews
, 57% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Flawed yet well-acted, Frankie finds director/co-writer Ira Sachs getting snagged in his story's thorny relationships -- and often freed by his stellar cast.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSimran HansObserver (UK)
The approach taken by director Ira Sachs is utterly sincere and so utterly humourless, though the performances are quietly compelling...
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreKevin MaherTimes (UK)
Even within the breezy parameters of the travelogue movie genre (think Eat Pray Love or Under the Tuscan Sun), this sun-kissed melodrama is decidedly lacking in drive.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreIan FreerEmpire Magazine
It has its pleasures but after the nuance and emotional hits of Love Is Strange and Little Men, Frankie is a disappointment. Not even la Reine, Isabelle Huppert, can elevate this one.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreLaura VenningLittle White Lies
A tad disappointing from Sachs, whose characters usually have more humour, honesty and heart.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTim RobeyDaily Telegraph (UK)
Half the cast come to the rescue, guaranteeing, at least, a pleasant time.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBen CrollTheWrap
Taking a role designed to collapse the divide between performer and character as opportunity to uncover new levels on naturalism, Huppert offers another beautifully modulated turn in a part that is primarily reactive.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBrian T. CarneyWashington Blade
In a transcendently luminescent performance, the brilliant Isabelle Huppert plays a dying French actress who has gathered her large complicated family together for one last holiday.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDan BayerNext Best Picture
Another low-key gem from writer-director Ira Sachs.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJason AdamsMy New Plaid Pants
Frankie is a symphony of light and color, expressiveness in gesture and speech
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDennis SchwartzDennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
I believe someone like Rohmer could have made this into a great film.
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