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Frances Ferguson

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A substitute teacher's crushing discontent drives her to an ill-advised transgression.
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Robert Daniels 812filmreviews 03/16/2019
3/4
With Frances Ferguson, Byington has crafted a funny dark comedy that's at once playful and sardonic, and a brilliant commentary on gender roles. Go to Full Review
John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter 03/12/2019
Another chapter in an oeuvre that is so peculiar some of us will root for it to keep going. Go to Full Review
Asia Frey Lagniappe (Mobile, AL) 05/20/2021
There are narrative constructions in the film that make it less of a realistic drama and more of a stylized parable. Go to Full Review
Jared Mobarak The Film Stage 10/14/2019
C
[Wheless is] a hilariously off-kilter success, [but I] couldn't enjoy that aspect fully since it was built on the back of something that deserved more time to process. Go to Full Review
Amanda Mazzillo Film Inquiry 06/11/2019
Frances Ferguson captures the darkness of scandal, while finding the comedy and lightheartedness within such a dark subject matter. Go to Full Review
Matt Oakes Silver Screen Riot 05/07/2019
C+
A quirky bureaucratic procedural from the POV of [a] sex offender that somewhat jumbles its satirical take on the monotony of punishment. Go to Full Review
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Nov 15 complete and utter dogpile. absolutely worse humor than a Liberty Mutual insurance commercial. the creators try and rip off a will ferrel movies voice over but dont seem to understand that just having a voiceover doesnt make a movie funny. then the creators go on to make characters that not only are not funny or relatable but pretend that there is somehow dry/deadpan humor. the main character is supposed to be some kind of southpark funny cougar/ child predator or some nonsense but the writing is so bad they cant get even one off color diatribe that even remotely resembles the most fringe of what might be acceptable controversial pedophila between a male student and a female teacher. the rest of the movie's just drags unbelievable even worse than this premise. this movie is actually worse than that "worst movie of all time" with the cgi birds that are comically bad. because this pos sufferfest is is just bitter cringe scene after nauseous suck, time and time again...save yourself the defiance of space/time continuum where somehow this "hour long" movie drags for at least 6 hours. go watch that helen hunt movie about a tornado that you fell asleep through and just be happy you didnt watch "frances Ferguson" See more john b Nov 13 Started out great. Only for those who like twisted, dark humor. I would give it a higher rating, but it didn't have much of an ending. The big question would be what would Francis life be like years later? See more Bob B 04/04/2024 kaley wheless is funny in this movie See more Bob 01/20/2024 If everything is connected, but you are feeling cut out of the chain, then u-substitution is the reverse attempt at integration. Pure existential calculus. See more tom m 01/03/2022 An odd work, but one that I enjoyed. Well done. See more 10/02/2021 Really enjoyed this dry dry humor. Odd that they didn't check to find out it's age of adult is 19 not 17 in the state of Nebraska. That aside…they handled tough topics with care and it was nice to see a movie that didn't rely on nudity, violence and foul language. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A substitute teacher's crushing discontent drives her to an ill-advised transgression.
Director
Bob Byington
Producer
Zefrey Throwell
Screenwriter
Scott King
Production Co
The Substitute
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 15, 2019
Runtime
1h 14m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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