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Zach Sturm

Uncle Frank

Review: Before Turning Histrionic, Uncle Frank Is a Tender Look at Outsider Kinship

by Diego Semerene
November 23, 2020

Alan Ball quickly loses sight of the sense of power that fuels the film’s early moments when his characters basically just gaze at each other.

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