Anchored by Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Fassbender’s performances, “Frank” operates with an offbeat humor that belies its more serious issues. This is a band of misfits unlike any you’ve seen before.

Writer Frank McCourt has died. He was a high school teacher in New York City most of his adult life. Then in his 60s he turned his grim childhood in Ireland into a hugely popular memoir, "Angela's ...