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''Uncle Frank'' is a 2020 [[UsefulNotes/LGBTCommunity LGBT]] [[RoadTripPlot road trip drama]]. It is the second directorial feature by Alan Ball, best known as the writer of ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' and the creator of ''Series/SixFeetUnder''.
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''Uncle Frank'' is a 2020 [[UsefulNotes/LGBTCommunity LGBT]] [[RoadTripPlot road trip drama]]. It is the second directorial feature by Alan Ball, Creator/AlanBall, best known as the writer of ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' and the creator of ''Series/SixFeetUnder''.
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His directional debut was Towelhead back in 2008. This would be his second directed feature.
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''Uncle Frank'' is a 2020 [[UsefulNotes/LGBTCommunity LGBT]] [[RoadTripPlot road trip drama]]. It is the feature second directorial debut of screenwriter feature by Alan Ball, best known for writing ''Film/AmericanBeauty''.
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Frank spent his adult life regretting the words he said to his childhood lover that ultimately drive him to suicide]].
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Frank spent his adult life regretting the words he said to his childhood youthful lover that ultimately drive him to suicide]]. suicide]].
* TheBeard: Charlotte, a female friend of Frank's, pretends to be his girlfriend, along with his partner Wally's, so their families won't know that they're really gay.
* TheBeard: Charlotte, a female friend of Frank's, pretends to be his girlfriend, along with his partner Wally's, so their families won't know that they're really gay.
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** GayngstInducedSuicide: [[spoiler:Sam, who Frank began seeing when he was younger, drowned himself after Frank, motivated by his father's scorn, told him that they could no longer see each other because being gay was "perverted]]."
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* GayngstInducedSuicide: [[spoiler:Sam, who Frank began seeing when he was younger, drowned himself after Frank, motivated by his father's scorn, told him that they could no longer see each other because being gay was "perverted]]."
* HereditaryHomosexuality: {{Discussed}} when Frank's mother tells him his great uncle was also gay, and speculates that if curly hair can be inherited, then why not this too.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: [[spoiler:Frank's father was disgusted at his sexuality, even spiting him in his will with a final denunciation. Wally also mentions he can't live in Saudi Arabia, because men or even teenage boys caught having sex there are often beheaded or hanged.]]
* HereditaryHomosexuality: {{Discussed}} when Frank's mother tells him his great uncle was also gay, and speculates that if curly hair can be inherited, then why not this too.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: [[spoiler:Frank's father was disgusted at his sexuality, even spiting him in his will with a final denunciation. Wally also mentions he can't live in Saudi Arabia, because men or even teenage boys caught having sex there are often beheaded or hanged.]]
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* TransparentCloset: Frank's mother says she knew already that he was gay when he's outed, chalking this up to maternal intuition.
* TwoferTokenMinority: Wally, Frank's partner, is a gay Muslim Saudi Arab.
* TwoferTokenMinority: Wally, Frank's partner, is a gay Muslim Saudi Arab.
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* SingleTear: Daddy Mac cries a very angry one of these after telling his son to stop seeing Sam, not once looking him in the eye.
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* SingleTear: Daddy Mac cries a very angry one of these after telling his son to stop seeing Sam, not once looking him in the eye.eye.
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* RoadTripPlot: The first half of the movie involves the trip back down to South Carolina with Frank, Wally and Beth.
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* RoadTripPlot: The first half of the movie involves the trip back down to South Carolina with Frank, Wally and Beth.Beth.
* SingleTear: Daddy Mac cries a very angry one of these after telling his son to stop seeing Sam, not once looking him in the eye.
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* BeYourself: The movie's key point, as despite Frank's encouragement to his niece, he's spent his whole life lying to his family about who he is.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} No one comes home without baggage.]] ]]
''Uncle Frank'' is a 2020 [[UsefulNotes/LGBTCommunity LGBT]] [[RoadTripPlot road trip drama]]. It is the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Alan Ball, best known for writing ''Film/AmericanBeauty''.
The year is 1973, and Beth Bledsoe (Creator/SophiaLillis) from [[FlyoverCountry Creekville, South Carolina]] has just started her first year of college in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, where her Uncle Frank Bledsoe (Creator/PaulBettany) happens to be a professor. After crashing a party of Frank's, she meets her uncle's longterm partner Walid Nadeem (Peter Macdissi) and discovers the nature of their secret romantic relationship. The very next morning, they all receive word that the Bledsoe patriarch has unexpectedly passed, prompting a road trip home for the funeral that Wally decides to crash.
The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020 before being picked up by Creator/AmazonStudios later that year. It also features Creator/JudyGreer, Creator/StephenRoot, Creator/SteveZahn, Creator/LoisSmith and Creator/MargoMartindale in supporting roles.
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!!Tropes present:
* TheAlcoholic: Frank has a history of substance abuse and violently relapses over the course of the movie.
* AllGaysArePromiscuous: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Bruce tries to make a move on Frank at the very beginning, which Frank shoots down hard due to being happily committed to Wally.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Frank spent his adult life regretting the words he said to his childhood lover that ultimately drive him to suicide]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:We find out that Frank's first lover as a boy was driven this far]].
** GayngstInducedSuicide: [[spoiler:Sam, who Frank began seeing when he was younger, drowned himself after Frank, motivated by his father's scorn, told him that they could no longer see each other because being gay was "perverted]]."
* EvilOldFolks: The way that Daddy Mac is introduced leaves little interpretation that he psychologically scars children around him. [[spoiler:He proves himself to be a genuine antagonist by the movie's end, bringing his oldest son to a mental breakdown after outing him as homosexual in his will]].
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: In a particularly cruel move by Frank's father, [[spoiler:he not only leaves Frank completely out of the will, but he directly calls out his "perversion towards men" as the reason why, effectively outing his son at his own wake]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Despite their distance, Frank's family assure him that Daddy Mac truly did love him despite his coldness. [[spoiler:If he did, it must've been buried fucking ''deep'', because Mac leaves no fortune to his son and outs him in his will as a "pervert]]."
* LateComingOut: [[spoiler:Frank is 46 by the time he's outed to his family]].
* RoadTripPlot: The first half of the movie involves the trip back down to South Carolina with Frank, Wally and Beth.
[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} No one comes home without baggage.]] ]]
''Uncle Frank'' is a 2020 [[UsefulNotes/LGBTCommunity LGBT]] [[RoadTripPlot road trip drama]]. It is the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Alan Ball, best known for writing ''Film/AmericanBeauty''.
The year is 1973, and Beth Bledsoe (Creator/SophiaLillis) from [[FlyoverCountry Creekville, South Carolina]] has just started her first year of college in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, where her Uncle Frank Bledsoe (Creator/PaulBettany) happens to be a professor. After crashing a party of Frank's, she meets her uncle's longterm partner Walid Nadeem (Peter Macdissi) and discovers the nature of their secret romantic relationship. The very next morning, they all receive word that the Bledsoe patriarch has unexpectedly passed, prompting a road trip home for the funeral that Wally decides to crash.
The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020 before being picked up by Creator/AmazonStudios later that year. It also features Creator/JudyGreer, Creator/StephenRoot, Creator/SteveZahn, Creator/LoisSmith and Creator/MargoMartindale in supporting roles.
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!!Tropes present:
* TheAlcoholic: Frank has a history of substance abuse and violently relapses over the course of the movie.
* AllGaysArePromiscuous: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Bruce tries to make a move on Frank at the very beginning, which Frank shoots down hard due to being happily committed to Wally.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Frank spent his adult life regretting the words he said to his childhood lover that ultimately drive him to suicide]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:We find out that Frank's first lover as a boy was driven this far]].
** GayngstInducedSuicide: [[spoiler:Sam, who Frank began seeing when he was younger, drowned himself after Frank, motivated by his father's scorn, told him that they could no longer see each other because being gay was "perverted]]."
* EvilOldFolks: The way that Daddy Mac is introduced leaves little interpretation that he psychologically scars children around him. [[spoiler:He proves himself to be a genuine antagonist by the movie's end, bringing his oldest son to a mental breakdown after outing him as homosexual in his will]].
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: In a particularly cruel move by Frank's father, [[spoiler:he not only leaves Frank completely out of the will, but he directly calls out his "perversion towards men" as the reason why, effectively outing his son at his own wake]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Despite their distance, Frank's family assure him that Daddy Mac truly did love him despite his coldness. [[spoiler:If he did, it must've been buried fucking ''deep'', because Mac leaves no fortune to his son and outs him in his will as a "pervert]]."
* LateComingOut: [[spoiler:Frank is 46 by the time he's outed to his family]].
* RoadTripPlot: The first half of the movie involves the trip back down to South Carolina with Frank, Wally and Beth.
