Talking about 'Frank'

Frank is unlike anything I've ever seen before.

Frank is a film about a young man Jon who one day stumbles across a band in need of keyboard player. The band known as "the Soronprfbs an experimental band made up of the weirdo's of society each one having their own personal or mental issues. The most notable member of the band is Frank the band leader who wears a paper mache head all of the time never taking it off even when going for a shower. From their Jon is invited to join the band full time and they head to Ireland to record their first album. That's all you really need to now.

An almost simple plot but yet executed in such a strange and unique way.
The performances in this film are on point each actor playing their own unique character. Domhnall Gleeson (Jon) being the mild timid young man wanting to make it big. Maggie Gyllenhaal (Clara) the angry, scary one who constantly torments Jon. Michael Fassbender (Frank) the leader of the band who is kind, yet so strange and unique, easily my favorite performance by Fassbender. Even those his head is covered the entire film the honesty of his performance is in full display. Each other member of the band being their own strange individual with their own traits. Strong performances all across the board.

The music in this film is great its so strange and unique.The band singing their crazy unique songs and making their own sounds out of all sorts of different things, from smashing different objects too rubbing toothbrushes on different objects. The music matches the film perfectly and adds to the overall strange feel of the film with some weird lyrics to boot.

The comedy is brilliant being both dark and clever and making for some laugh out loud moments which I find myself rarely doing when watching comedies. The awkward humor in this film makes for some hilarious dialogue between the different characters. Even the music in this film is funny it sounds so bizarre with such strange lyrics its hard not to find it funny. It is a finely tuned balance of black humor.

Its very rare these days when a unique film shows up these days Frank is one of those films. It is an extremely clever film with a combination of both dark comedy and drama which match the mood perfectly. Its story manages to be surprisingly though provoking even with its unusual setup. A quirky gem that is almost a commentary on the nature of artists and their integrity.

3/4 Stars