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‘Uncle Frank’ is a coming-out tale full of heart

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In recent years, the crop of films that emerges around “awards season” always includes at least one high-profile LGBTQ-themed movie clearly aiming for consideration.

You know the type of film I mean: glossy and slick, they usually feature at least one or two “name” actors with prestige value, center around a particular “issue” connected to being LGBTQ, explore progressive ideas while still reinforcing “good old-fashioned” cultural values, and are almost always the kind of heartfelt, sentiment-driven feel-good fare that Hollywood has been so adept at producing for at least the last century.

This year, right on schedule, that movie is “Uncle Frank.” This Amazon-produced comedic drama is the latest work from writer-director Alan Ball, the

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