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3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Comedy
Frank Bartlett has been tortured, embarrassed, and humiliated by his brother Bruce — usually on film — his entire life. Now that Bruce is finally off drugs and has turned his life around, things should be different. They are not.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy raunchy, escalating embarrassment comedies centered on damaged family bonds and relentlessly bad decisions.
- Tone
- darkly comic, playful, frenetic
- Payoff
- amusement, catharsis
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- sibling rivalry, humiliation, addiction recovery, sexual identity, family dysfunction
- Setting
- contemporary, dysfunctional family homes and small-town social spaces