ChicDragon
It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
Adeel Hail
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
Haven Kaycee
It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
big-j-1
I am 50, and "Frank's Place" is still my all-time favorite TV show! It broke my heart when they canceled it.The characters were so real and believable. The actors who played them did so with a gritty realism that made them both quirky and real at the same time.They didn't try to paint the rough life of that part of New Orleans with a "PC paintbrush" either.I have a few old episodes on VCR tapes that I still watch when I need a laugh, and, for the life of me, I can't figure out to this day why this show didn't have a run of at least 5 years.I still hope to see this come out on DVD before I die...
spartancaver
That's how long I've been sending letters to CBS to release Frank's Place on VCR tape. Now of course I petition for a DVD release. Or any digital download. ANYTHING! I have always replied "Frank's Place" when asked for my favorite show. #1. After the second episode, I knew the fluffy headed public did not deserve nor would support the show. Of course moving the time slot around didn't help. Maybe not having a laugh track kept the public from understanding this was a working mans comedy. The premise of the show might have been beyond the public understanding. Yes, NOLA really is like these people, and in fact, are like people around the world. I could write a similar sit-com just sitting in the Mexican Restaurant I frequent almost daily. "That's Ed!" "Ed, he's dead." still my favorite line and episode. Then the man singing "The Banana Boat" song in the alley. I knew where that one was going. Then Conchata Ferrell the lawyer's line. "In other words gentlemen, I am your worst nightmare come true." Plus the search for Beignet was a classic joke. I still use it today on friends that don't know what the are.
gus_moss
I have taken the time to read and applaud each of the preceding comments which have detailed my own personal opinions and appreciation for this "best ever" series. Although sorrowful for it's brief duration, I enjoy quality over quantity.This is the first time I have been moved to use this comment forum and it may be my last. But I do so for the purpose of motivating those "powers that be" to recognize that there is a real market for the release of this series to DVD. I would purchase multiple copies, some to gift. And I would encourage libraries to stock it and writing course instructors to require it for their students.It may well wind up being a part of a collection of some of the most accurate depictions of a lost culture of an American city. A culture lost in a natural disaster and an ensuing "fematic diaspora".
balformatted
Fantastic show. As everyone else seems to note, canceled way too soon. Puts shows like NYPD Blue, Six Feet Under, and other critical darlings to shame -- had more depth, cleverness, backwards humor and good, understated acting in a single show than a year's worth of Six Feet Under.Definitely leads off the list of "why don't the networks spend the six hours it would take to hire some intern to transfer the tape to DVD and release this oblivion" shows.
