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- 2021
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- 2021
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Summary 32-year-old Frank Marron (Brian Gleeson) lives with his mother (Pom Boyd) and plays childish pranks with his friend Doofus (Domhnall Gleeson) in this comedy from Brian and Domhnall Gleeson, and Michael Moloney.
Created By: Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Moloney
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
Frank of Ireland
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 15, 2021
55
4.5
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Summary 32-year-old Frank Marron (Brian Gleeson) lives with his mother (Pom Boyd) and plays childish pranks with his friend Doofus (Domhnall Gleeson) in this comedy from Brian and Domhnall Gleeson, and Michael Moloney.
Created By: Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Moloney
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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25% Positive
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25% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
55
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The chemistry between the Gleeson brothers truly makes the series, but they’re surrounded by an excellent supporting cast. ... Frank Of Ireland is comedy with an edge, but at its heart is a perfectly cast odd-couple bromance.
If it had dialogue more like, say, Derry Girls or Father Ted, or indeed Catastrophe, it could be sublime. It’s not terrible but, like so much about our lives at the moment, there’s something missing.
Frank of Ireland is under three hours of total bingeing — brief but still a long time to be deliberating on whether a show is a bad man-child comedy or a spotty parody of bad man-child comedies.
Overall, the sense is of an opportunity wasted – especially as the series wears on and there is no sign of any change or enlightenment, apart from tiny, insubstantial flashes from poor, downtrodden Doofus. Still, it will do the Gleesons – rightly established and acknowledged talents in film and television – no harm. You just wish it could have done us some good.
There are funny moments in Frank Of Ireland, but Frank is so cartoonishly awful that we wonder how he ever got friends or a girlfriend to begin with. Either way, we’re not intrerested in finding out.
Maybe some people will enjoy turning their brains off for the schadenfreude of seeing some dummies pinwheel into each other to increasingly disastrous effect. Beyond that, “Frank of Ireland” might have more trouble convincing skeptical viewers to spend their precious time with such hopelessly frustrating people.
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Based on 6 User Ratings
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User Score
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Based on 6 User Ratings
4.5
17% Positive
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Production Company:
- Amazon Studios
- Merman
Initial Release Date: Apr 15, 2021
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards
Royal Television Society, UK
• 1 Nomination
