Uncle Frank

Fuck. I was out for watching a “light hearted film” something to make me feel good.
Well that wasn’t it, but I’m glad I did anyway. Despite the shitshow of triggers toward the end and me feeling rather ... anything but good.
The “I have no family” - “You have me” about gave me the rest. Lighthearted film my ass.
It did do a marvellous job at punching me in the guts, and a marvellous job at leading me through it, too. 💜

“I thought I should be what I want to be, not what other people want me to be, that was just bullshit? You know, that conversation changed my life. Now I find out you can’t be who you are unless nobody around you disagrees with it”
Hats off.

Rather beautiful and strong portrayal of love and identity, and how parents fuck shit up for their kids.

Totally caught me off guard, so I can do little but marvel at its beauty and give it a full rating, my words have all but left me.

This movie was a completely unexpected gem. I think one of the things that I liked most about the movie is that the story at first appears to center around Beth, but eventually Frank is worked into the story. It is an absolute joy to see these two actors work together, not to mention a stellar supporting cast. This is a fabulous movie.

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Maybe not an obvious choice when people ask for a favourite movie, but this one just touches something so deeply within me and so can't be stopped from being mentioned. Emotional, heartfelt, wholesome and thoroughly sad all at the same time.

It was better than I expected and so very moving. I loved it and it was so nice to see Paul Bettany in a role like this.

The film loses focus occasionally, but overall, this is a pretty good movie, and it delivers a powerful, emotional climax.

This was an unexpected good film. I was browsing Amazon, and came across this. I really enjoyed the chemistry of Paul Bettany and Peter Macdissi

This was SO CLOSE to being extraordinary, but felt like it missed a couple beats. Performances were great, but the story seemed to wander off the path a couple times. Took too long to bring us to the major conflict (first 25 minutes make you think it's a coming of age take about Beth) instead of setting the stage nearer the beginning. Probably would've benefited from being about fifteen minutes longer and a lot tighter to the narrative that mattered.

I thought it was a good, honest depiction of gay relationships of that era. I enjoyed the caring relationship build between the two men, which was new to me.

Lovely movie. Really touched by the histories.

Really great feel good movie.