Frances Ferguson (film)

Frances Ferguson
Directed by	Bob Byington
Written by	Bob Byington Kaley Wheless Scott King
Starring	Kaley Wheless Keith Paulson Nick Offerman David Krumholtz Martin Starr
Cinematography	Carmen Hilbert
Edited by	Kris Boustedt Susan LaMarca
Music by	Chris Baio
Production company	The Substitute
Release date	March 10, 2019 (2019-03-10)(South by Southwest)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Frances Ferguson is a 2019 American comedy film written and directed, by Bob Byington. It stars Kaley Wheless, Keith Paulson, David Krumholtz, and Martin Starr and is narrated by Nick Offerman.

Premise

Frances Ferguson is a dissatisfied, unhappily married substitute teacher at a high school in North Platte, Nebraska. A comically non-omniscient narrator guides us through various events in Frances' life as she sleeps with a student, gets incarcerated as a result, and then navigates her way through, among other things, group therapy. ^[1]

Cast

• Kaley Wheless as Frances Ferguson
• Keith Paulson as Nick
• David Krumholtz as Group Therapy Leader
• Martin Starr as Mel
• Nick Offerman as Narrator

Release

After premiering at the 2019 South by Southwest film festival, ^[2] the film received generally positive reviews with a 70% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on ten reviews. ^[3]

References

1. Staff, THR (March 11, 2019). "'Frances Ferguson': Film Review SXSW 2019". The Hollywood Reporter.
2. "South by Southwest 2019 film lineup". South by Southwest . Retrieved 2025-09-12.
3. "Frances Ferguson". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 2025-09-12.

External links

• Frances Ferguson at IMDb