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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 23 Jun 2016

His rock music gets a decent airing, but you wish more of the man’s perversity came through: his intimidating ego, the way he could exhaust…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 23 Jun 2016

The movie put me on a major Zappa listening jag ... which makes it sound like a fan-only proposition. It kind of might be, but I hope it isn't…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 Jun 2016

If this labor-of-love portrait is any indication, forgetting Frank Zappa is not going to happen any time soon…

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By Neil Genzlinger (512) for The New York Times (9,847) on 22 Jun 2016

It’s a fantastic collage that the filmmaker, Thorsten Schütte, uses to illuminate not only Zappa (who died of cancer in 1993), but also…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 22 Jun 2016

Quotable, controversial, anarchic, charismatic and handsome (in an ugly way), the zany avant-garde rocker Frank Zappa had everything one needs…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 22 Jun 2016

Asked to define his job, Zappa gives a simple answer with convincing sincerity: “I’m an entertainer.” Simplicity gives way to intriguing…

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By Rob Staeger (71) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 Jun 2016

There's no explicit attempt to put forth a Grand Unifying Theory of Zappa; Schütte immerses us in the competing aspects of Zappa's public…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 20 Jun 2016

If there’s one major criticism to level at Eat That Question, it’s that Schütte too often satisfies fans of Zappa’s personality at the…

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By Oleg Ivanov (57) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Jun 2016

It presents a captivating portrait of one of the era's greatest defenders of artistic freedom and a true American original…

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By Jason Gorber (520) for ScreenAnarchy (469) on 19 Jun 2016

By giving us Zappa In His Own Words, Schütte has done a service to the man's legacy and provided a highly entertaining film at the same time…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for Baret News (418) on 19 Jun 2016

A riveting retrospective plumbing the depths of the brilliant mind of a bona fide Renaissance man underappreciated in his own time…

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By Leslie Felperin (768) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 19 Jun 2016

A compelling gateway documentary that should absorb both fans and novices alike…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for honeycuttshollywood.com (375) on 19 Jun 2016

Thorsten Schüette's 'Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words' will, one hopes, restore Zappa to his rightful place in music history…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 23 May 2016

It’s a documentary concocted out of decades of film and TV interviews — some confrontational, some awkward, often quite funny…

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By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for The Playlist (3,871) on 02 Feb 2016

By focusing entirely on Zappa’s outlook on his own work and the way it related to the outside world, Schütte manages to form a tight narrative…

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By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 02 Feb 2016

Thorsten Schutte’s entirely archival assemblage is most likely to be appreciated by the previously converted, as its stimulating if somewhat…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for Guardian (4,584) on 02 Feb 2016

Eat That Question does a good job of giving us just a taste of nearly every era in Zappa’s multifaceted career…

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