Being Frank is a 2018 American comedy film directed by Miranda Bailey and written by Glen Lakin.

The film stars Jim Gaffigan, Logan Miller, Samantha Mathis, Alex Karpovsky and Anna Gunn.

One night at dinner Philip asks his mother, Laura, if he can attend the Starling Festival at the lake, since it is his final Spring Break of his high school life.

This greatly upsets Philip, so he decides to sneak out of the house the next day after his father has left for his long trip to Japan and his mother and sister, Lib have gone to a PETA event.

Not returning home on Monday, Laura gets worried and calls Lewis' mother to inquire the whereabouts of her son and learns that they went to the lake.

Doing this, though, put them in front of another car going in the other direction, driven by Stan and Marcy Kempler (two friends of Bonnie and Frank).

Laura leaves the hospital without seeing Frank, removing her wedding ring in the car, signifying the end of her marriage.

Five months later, Philip is moving into his dorm room when Kelly comes to see him, letting him know they'll be neighbors.

Frank enters Philip's room and Kelly leaves immediately, not ready to mend her relationship with her father.

The website's critics' consensus reads: "Being Frank suggests Jim Gaffigan may have a real future as a dramatic actor -- if only he's offered projects that don't suffer from so much wasted potential.

"[5] Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com gave the film two and a half out of four stars and wrote, "When Being Frank goes squishy and sentimental, it loses its nerve.