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Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

2018

Documentary

Documentary It's a documentary about the life of eccentric comidian Frank Sidebottom who wore a huge paper mache' head and whose true identity was a closely guarded secret until after died. The 2014 Magnolia Pictures film titled Frank was inspired by his sensational mystery.

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"The true story of Frank Sidebottom is, for once, even stranger and more colorful than its fictionalization (...) A charmer with strong appeal for video release"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"As an eager probing portrait of the man in the head, 'Being Frank' has the fascination of an enduring pop footnote, and it could be the kind of cult film that 'Frank' wasn’t."	POS
United States	John Fink The Film Stage	"The film never knows quite what to make of Frank or Sievey (...) It leaves too many unanswered threads"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[An] absorbing, tender documentary (...) Can we posthumously confer on Chris Sievey the title of national treasure? (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"A funny, moving tribute to one of Britain's greatest oddballs (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The kind of movie that people don’t really make anymore; it’s the kind of low budget, low stakes(...9 that tends to be born directly into the burial plot that Netflix has reserved for it."	NEG
United Kingdom	Dan Jolin Empire	"Even the most ardent Frank Sidebottom fans will learn something new (...) There are some surprisingly touching moments (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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