Frank – reviews of ‘weird and wonderful’ musical comedy

Offbeat tale of an outsider band is a surreal but moving study of art and eccentricity, say critics

Frank movie

What you need to know Music comedy drama Frank opens in UK cinemas today. The film by Irish director Lenny Abrahamson stars Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave), former Harry Potter actor Domhnall Gleeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

In Frank, aspiring singer-songwriter Jon (Gleeson), joins a band called the Soronprfbs that’s run by a mysterious frontman called Frank (Fassbender) who constantly wears a papier-mache head. When they start recording an album, tensions rise and Jon begins to question his role in the band.

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