"Walk like a man"...Away from this

Rating: 3/10 (1 September 2018)

Meh. That's about all I can say. This had a lot of potential but it ended up being like a cross between a made for TV movie and a high school production. Maybe it was Clint Eastwood or maybe it was too much material to cover or maybe the leads just couldn't carry the movie. There were a lot of issues and in the end it looked really cobbled together and when it ended I wasn't invested in what happened to any of them.
Maybe the movie could have been better had CE just picked one time period of Frankie's life instead of trying to fit all of it into one movie.
The lead actor was too wooden and reserved to carry this. In a word he was boring. He was too short to the point of distraction and his butt chin and slightly crossed eyes just kept taking me out of the story line. He looked like a cross between Mario Lopez and Herve Villechaize. Plus they didn't do a very good job in the makeup department with him because he never aged. Even when he was supposed to be older he just looked like a high school production's idea of how to age someone.
The Bob Gaudio actor was pretty good. He looked like a cross between Tate Donovan, Steve Buscemi & Chris Klein.
It's sweet that Clint wants to put one of his 20 kids in his film which is good for Francesca Eastwood because she can't act. Even in this small ass throwaway forgettable role she managed to be unforgettably awful. Famous father does not a good actress make. She needs to go into another line of work. She'd be getting no roles if it wasn't for Daddy.
Other than those highlights there's nothing here worth watching. "Oh what a night"...this wasn't.