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- 2012
- Not Rated
- Variance Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 2012
- Not Rated
- Variance Films
- 1 h 29 m
Summary Frank Bartlett has been tortured, embarrassed and humiliated by his brother Bruce--usually on film--his entire life. Now that Bruce is finally off drugs and has turned his life around, things should be different. They are not. (Variance Films)
Directed By: Jordan Roberts
Written By: Jordan Roberts
- 2012
- Not Rated
- Variance Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 2012
- Not Rated
- Variance Films
- 1 h 29 m
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
51
4.6
Where to Watch
Summary Frank Bartlett has been tortured, embarrassed and humiliated by his brother Bruce--usually on film--his entire life. Now that Bruce is finally off drugs and has turned his life around, things should be different. They are not. (Variance Films)
Directed By: Jordan Roberts
Written By: Jordan Roberts
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
33% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
33% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
A vibrantly vulgar comedy that never hangs around to admire its own cleverness.
Surprisingly, character actor Sam Anderson winds up stealing a lot of the film as Bruce and Frank's dad. He can take a line as innocuous as "We don't have cars right now. Bruce stole them for drugs" and turn it into something hilarious.
Everyone plays against type in 3, 2, 1… Frankie Go Boom, none more so than Ron Perlman, who has a small role as a post-op transsexual hacker.
Less inept than its worst-of-the-year title suggests, 3, 2, 1 . . . Frankie Go Boom nonetheless proves too ramshackle and aimless to ever achieve true absurdity.
Lovers of the TV biker drama may find pleasure in the duo's surreal scenes together, but everyone else will likely view this story about a writer (Hunnam), his film-obsessed drug-addict brother (Chris O'Dowd) and a viral amateur-porn movie as one limp farce.
Self-destructs in its quest for comic outrageousness.
Tragically unfunny, Frankie is occasionally elevated by some of its gifted and game cast, but the film's nasty, comedically incoherent script limits its potential.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 User Ratings
4.6
20% Positive
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60% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
20% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 User Ratings
4.6
20% Positive
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1 Rating
60% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
20% Negative
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Production Company
Defender Films,
Kirkham/Lewitt,
Ministry of Content
Release Date Oct 12, 2012
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline A comedy about two brothers, a girl with a broken heart, a sex tape, an angel, and a pig...
Awards
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
