Frank and Cindy

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Audience Member The reviews of this film are a mess. There are two films of the same name: 2007 - Frank and Cindy - documentary 2015 - Frank and Cindy - feature film, acted and scripted with actors! Reviews here are calling this a documentary, it is not. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Different, entertaining, sweet, interesting. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member LOVED IT!!!!! One of the most heart felt doc I have ever seen. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting and engaging. Somewhat exploitative of two people who are doing the best they can to get through life. Neither Frank nor Cindy is as bad a person as they seem to believe about themselves and each other. I appreciate the basic message that hiding from pain in drugs or alcohol helps no one. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Oddball documentary about Frank Garcia, a 1980's one-hit wonder, his wife Cindy Brown, and their dysfunctional lives. Frank is an alcoholic layabout who can't let go of his glory days, spending his days and nights in his basement making music and drinking. Cindy spends her days complaining about her teeth and doing nothing about them, and also working to financially support Frank and his music dreams. The commonality between the two seems to be that neither of them are happy and both have big dreams, but neither seems interested in actually taking any steps out of their rut to change anything. They're both just all talk. Adding to the strangeness of this documentary, it was directed by their adult son who also lives at home. In many ways, this film reminded me of the documentary "American Movie" where it was also hard to discern at first whether the filmmakers were mocking the subjects or were trying to genuinely tell their story. "American Movie" was certainly not making fun of it's subjects, and I don't think this film was either, although there are certainly a lot of moments shown that are hilariously at the expense of Frank and Cindy. Like the best documentaries, this film does have a subtext about the pursuit of Sisyphean dreams and knowing when to let go of them, but I'm thinking this film was more just a colorful slice of life. Still, it's a pretty entertaining slice of life that more than kept my interest. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Frank and Cindy is an honest perspective into a couple's life who love and hate each other at the same time. True life moments captured by their son, EJ, who manages to portray an unbiased and non judgemental point of view throughout the documentary. This film will make you laugh, make you cry, question actions, and feel hope. A film about a blended, broken, American family struggling with addictions while trying to make it through day to day life. EJ did the film as a project which turned into opening the eyes of Frank and Cindy and helped them see a new prospective on life. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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