Uncle Frank

[Available Nov. 25 on Amazon Prime Video.] When a well-respected, closeted gay NYU literature professor (Paul Brittany) in Manhattan learns that his cruel, estranged father (Stephen Root) has unexpectedly died in 1973 in this engaging, emotional, touching, well-acted, realistic, bittersweet, star-studded (Margo Martindale, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, Jane McNeil, Caity Brewer, Colton Ryan, Britt Rentschler, and Alan Campbell), 95-minute film inspired by Alan Ball's semiautobiographical novel, he takes a road trip with his feisty 18-year-old niece (Sophia Lillis) to attend the funeral in Creekville, South Carolina, and is joined by his charismatic, kindhearted, longtime, Saudi Arabian immigrant lover (Peter Macdissi) while reminiscing about his first crush (Michael Perez) as a 16-year-old student (Cole Doman) that ended tragically and ultimately dealing with revealed secrets.
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