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Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers
A documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.' (imdb)
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Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers

1980
Documentary
51m
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Rated 11 Jul 2009
73
36th
This is more a documentary about people who seem to have an unhealthy obsession with garlic than it is about garlic itself. In that sense it's a light and enjoyable piece that moves along at a decent pace, but it' not particularly memorable or informative.
Rated 02 Jul 2015
74
80th
I appreciate that Blank just made films about stuff that he likes.
Rated 14 Jan 2017
70
35th
lots of live footage of world musicians, and watching people cook garlicky bbq, fish, and sauces over music. not bad, just not informative, and definitely not 'a doc on the history of garlic' like the summary says.
Rated 03 Nov 2016
86
92nd
Les Blank is one of the most quintessentially American filmmakers who ever lived. Food, music, culture are lovingly portrayed in all of his films. His movies are always deep explorations of simple pleasures.
Rated 14 Apr 2015
82
82nd
I don't know what I expected.
Rated 10 Jul 2015
70
46th
Nice depiction of garlic fanatics
Rated 15 Nov 2008
70
42nd
15 Kasim 08, 12:00am., istanbul modern, indie-fetish film programi & haha! kim sadece sarimsaklar uzerine alisilmadik bir belgesel yapar? kim bu les blank? ... les blank ile tanismak bu film vesilesiyle oldu. hersey uzerine film yapilabileceginin kaniti. film bitiyor, sarimsak propogandasi sonucu sizde bir sarimsak-sever oluyorsunuz. haha! iste bu yuzden filmi sevdim... http://sineofrenik.blogspot.com/2008/11/garlic-is-as-good-as-ten-mothers-1980.html
Rated 01 Feb 2020
50
52nd
These are my people.
Rated 22 Mar 2020
85
59th
Viewed March 21, 2020.
Rated 06 Oct 2021
81
61st
if you are a monk, DO NOT WATCH THIS

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