When Cindy married a rock star, Frank, in 1983 she imagined a life of glamour and GRAMMYS. But the song that propelled Frank to fame, Whirly Girl, would be the only chart-topper from his group, OXO. Years later, out of shape and nearly bankrupt after spending all his money on "gas, food, dry cleaning... and drugs", Frank is not the vision Cindy married. Desperate to resuscitate her dream, Cindy furnishes a new studio for Frank in hopes he'll record another hit. Instead, he'd rather drink. And now, twenty-three years after appearing on American Bandstand, Frank lives sequestered to the basement where he uses coffee cans for a toilet. In 2005, Cindy's filmmaker son G.J. begins documenting the situation. After a year of filming, what began as an attempt to mock his stepfather instead becomes a candid portrait on the pursuit of happiness.
“Every single thing about Frank & Cindy seems new and fresh
and alive. It’s rare to see a documentary that’s so raw and
funny and infuriating too.â€
– Ira Glass, Host of This American Life
"Riveting"
- Tim Goodman, SF Chronicle
"Comical and tragic... Compelling"
- Maureen Ryan, Chicago Tribune
"It's raw, it's riveting, it's appalling, and it's disturbingly hilarious"
-Jessica Bryce Young, Orlando Weekly
"Hysterical and devastating and completely mesmerizing"
-Lindy West, The Stranger"
"The funniest slice of family dysfunction I've seen in years"
- Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
