Above all else Frank is a weirdly wonderful piece of film with the perfect blend of acting, writing and sound that creates a surreal world that you're not unsure couldn't actually happen. I brought in the new year watching this film which my mother accidentally got for me misreading my texted Christmas list where I asked for Frankenweenie. Luckily I also wanted to watch Frank but didn't want to seem weird asking for it (because asking to be bought an animated film wasn't already odd). Frank is a film about a paper machete head. okay it's not. It's a film told from the perspective of Jon (Domhnall Gleeson); an aspiring musician who joins an eccentric pop band led by a mysterious but charming and enigmatic man in a paper machete head. He's called Frank (Michael Fassbender). Also starring Maggie Gyllenhaal ...