There is nothing about this movie that I don't love

Rating: 10/10 (13 November 2014)

I was almost completely unaware of Frank Sidebottom until I heard he had passed away, thanks to the twitter feeds of certain other British icons that I follow. So I came to this movie with almost no preconceptions. And even those were knocked outta place within the first ten minutes, because the film is set in the present day and Sidebottom found his greatest fame in the eighties.
I think they wisely chose to make the story not so much about Frank himself, but on someone who is influenced by him. You need a normal character's eyes to truly appreciate this world. The cast is uniformly excellent -- they all fit into their roles like snug gloves. And Fassbender is such a chameleon that he can even become a character without a face of his own.
Anyway, it's a brilliant meditation about art and fame and the kinds of people who are drawn to both, and it provokes thought without dragging it out of you. It deserves to be an unknown cult classic, just like Frank himself.