By now you're probably tired of hearing about how much I loved the movie Frank, but unfortunately you're going to have to deal with it awhile longer. The most unique film at Sundance and one that offers even more reasons to appreciate Michael Fassbender, it will undoubtedly end up on my "Best of the Year So Far" list in the coming days, and now there's another trailer to show why so many can't get this film out of their heads, pun intended.
Underneath that giant papier-mache head is Fassbender in the oddest role of his career as Frank, the leader of a goofball indie band of misfits that includes Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, and Domhnall Gleeson. Gleeson, who just recently signed up for Star Wars: Episode VII, plays a wannabe musician who stumbles into a place in the group where he learns their issues run pretty deep. This trailer spoils one of the movie's best gags, the "expression" scene, but really there are so many little things that click it won't detract from your overall enjoyment. All that and the music is superb, performed live by the castmembers.
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson, Frank opens August 15th.
