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By Joyce M (195) on 21 May 2013

The genius drummer Ginger Baker is as watchable as a crazy kitten Internet video and just as enigmatic…

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By Daniel B (1,494) on 18 May 2013

Glad I went to the Cinema to see it. Excellent…

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By Richard W (618) on 18 May 2013

Interesting character, from when there were proper musicians…

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By Patrick Peters (101) for Empire (3,446) on 18 May 2013

Like Spinal Tap's more seriously older brother, Jay Bulger's fond but unsparingly honest film is a treat for fans and music lovers…

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By Philip French (1,151) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 17 May 2013

The constantly gripping film is adroitly assembled…

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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 16 May 2013

Bleakly entertaining, Beware of Mr Baker neither eulogises nor patronises its subject; one day (though possibly not soon), Baker may take it…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 15 May 2013

It's a broadly forgiving portrait of an impossible, irascible talent, who seems to have treated life much like his instrument…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 15 May 2013

We are always being told that books and movies have to have sympathetic lead characters - well, here's a documentary that does very well without one…

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By Mark Asch (48) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 15 May 2013

An interesting character study interspersed with classic rock, jazz and Afrobeat clips. Nothing more, but certainly nothing less…

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By Michael Bonner (121) for Uncut Magazine [UK] (201) on 15 May 2013

Entertaining documentary about the notoriously cantankerous drummer…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 14 May 2013

Searingly honest and ultimately deeply moving, this is a fascinating portrait of notoriously antisocial former Cream drummer Ginger Baker,…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 13 May 2013

It's refreshing to watch a music doc, especially one with such intimate access to its subject, in which barely anyone is unreservedly polite…

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By Tom Dawson (244) for Total Film (3,532) on 09 May 2013

A fascinating rockumentary that pays tribute to its subject's impressive musical odyssey, while illustrating the enormous emotional costs he's…

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By Nadya D (1) on 01 May 2013

The storyline is well thought out, well planned and well-humored of how the way it's edited…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shared Darkness (279) on 14 Apr 2013

By turns sad and darkly comedic, but never less than mesmerizing -- a moving and morally conflicted portrait of a true questing spirit…

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By Jay A (482) on 11 Apr 2013

A 2012 documentary on the life of drummer Ginger Baker…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 28 Mar 2013

Ginger Baker has been revealed as a major talent, an innovator and an unlikely survivor. And a not very nice guy…

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By Angelo S (62) on 02 Mar 2013

Fantastic film ... seen it Palm Springs film festival and was impressed how well it was done…

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By Charles Cross (3) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 28 Feb 2013

Ginger Baker is, and was, a train wreck. Yet this film, like Baker's onstage playing, is always riveting, and something you can't look away from…

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By Steven B (910) on 22 Feb 2013

Great film - great subject. Well-executed…

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