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    'Uncle Frank': A Melodramatic Meal, Undercooked And Over-Seasoned

    A great cast and good intentions can't overcome Alan Ball's rushed, thin story about a closeted gay man returning to his South Carolina hometown in 1974.
    by Glen Weldon Nov 25, 2020 3 minutes
    L to R: Frank (Paul Bettany) Beth (Sophia Lillis) and Walid (Peter Macdissi) pull up to the bumper in <em>Uncle Frank</em>.

    Some quick back-of-the-envelope math: By my reckoning, this represents the 1,523rd review I have written over the course of my career to feature the phrase, "an underused Judy Greer," and I am officially sick of it.

    But writer/director Alan Ball's achingly well-intentioned melodrama , which premieres on Amazon Prime on Wednesday, November 24th, has even more to answer for. Because it's not just an underused Judy Greer (sigh) who spends the bulk of the film

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