Uncle Frank
Your Face Goes Here Entertainment (2020)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest
Not In Collection
#2303
7*
Seen ItYes
(11/25/2020 AmazonPrime)
IMDB   6.5
90 mins USA / English


Frank is a famous New York University professor in 1973 who left his small South Carolina town behind him and remained in little contact with his family, especially given his style of life and his relationship with his ten-year partner, the free spirit Wally. No one really knows about Frank’s life, except his newly-arrived teenage niece, Beth, who promises to keep his relationship with the family secret. But when, Mac, the overbearing patriarch of his family dies, Frank is forced to go home for the funeral, where old traumas arise and he has to face his family again. In part road movie, partly a story of maturity, this film still to be named is a funny but deeply moving story about family, forgiveness and our intrinsic power to choose who we want to be.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Notes
While full of clichés, and overly melodramatic, it was nice to see a coming-out story that was not twinky angst. I enjoyed it even though it likely not go down as one of the top tier films of the queer film lexicon.