How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Release Date: January 20, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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80
Film ThreatGreg Bellavia
If anything, one wishes the film would have spent even more time with Peebles in his personal life. Read full review
80
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Lively interviews from a wide range of people, a wealth of excerpted footage stretching over decades, and a story packed with legend are served up by helmer Joe Angio with a verve mirroring the restless creativity of the film's subject. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
A loving tribute to one of the strangest and most enjoyable figures to emerge from American pop culture in its entire history. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Enlightening. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJoshua Land
Largely content to bask in the great man's glow, Angio provides generous clips and soundbites alongside fond reminiscences, but the celebratory tone leaves room for darker reflections. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The film chronicles an astonishing career...Mr. Van Peebles is that rarest of modern creatures: a free man. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Angio captures the outlandish twists and turns of Van Peebles' life with humor, color, and a welcome lightness of touch. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Melvin Van Peebles gets the idolatrous treatment in this documentary by first-time director Joe Angio that traces his subject's career as San Francisco cable-car conductor, rap pioneer, filmmaker, Broadway producer, stockbroker, and all-around womanizer. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Though the film verges on hagiography, Angio unearthed a treasure trove of fascinating clips, from the bored-looking writer-director leafing through his program at the 1971 Tony Awards. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Angio's film is an excellent introduction, but it won't be long before you realize that his subject is too complex to be contained in a single admiring tribute. When you want to know more - and you will - you'll be glad there's somewhere else to go for a bigger picture. Read full review
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