Prey for love.
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.
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Grave, unpretentious, spare and overwhelming.
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
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“Is Billy Budinich the best thing in Frank and Penelope?”
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Apr 20238/10
**_Beauty and the Beast in West Texas_** A heartbroken man in Austin (Billy Budinich) meets a winsome exotic dancer (Caylee Cowan) and they head toward West Texas, but unfortunately end up in the wrong town, ran by a charismatic, but twisted sage (Johnathon Schaech). Kevin Dillon is on hand as the Sheriff. “Frank and Penelope” (2022) is a quirky romantic road movie within the context of a crime drama/thriller written & directed by Sean Patrick Flanery, who’s perhaps best known as the star of “Powder” (1995). His style is reminiscent of Tarantino and a maybe Rob Zombie, but with some artsy flair akin to, say, Darren Aronofsky. Flicks like “Psycho III” (1986), "True Romance" (1993), “Chasers” (1994), "Love and a .45" (1994), "Kalifornia" (1993) and a little "The Hot Spot" (1990) come to mind, along with a bit o’ “Ravenous” (1999). Schaech as Chisos is even reminiscent of Neal McDonough in “Ravenous.” As far as I’m concerned, “Frank and Penelope” is the best of all of ’em (it’s at least on par with the top ones). To be expected with such a list, there’s an amount of sleaze, violence, ugliness and twistedness that you’ll have to roll with, but there are also glimpses of beauty and ligh
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Cast
- Billy BudinichFrank
- Caylee CowanPenelope
- Johnathon SchaechChisos
- Brian MaillardCleve
- Sydney ScotiaMolly
- Kevin DillonSheriff
- Donna D'ErricoMabel
- Sean Patrick FlaneryClub Manager
- Lin ShayeOphelia
- Cherilyn WilsonBecky
Crew
- Sean Patrick FlaneryDirector
- Sean Patrick FlaneryWriter
- A.J. RaitanoDirector of Photography
- Rhyan D'ErricoOriginal Music Composer
- Jared FormanOriginal Music Composer
- Scott DolezalProducer
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