200 Motels (1971)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 2
No consensus yet.
Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 2
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 3.6/5
User Ratings: 1,611
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Less a movie than a purposely crude series of musical vignettes and inside jokes for die-hard fans, Frank Zappa informs viewers in the opening scene that "Touring can make you crazy, ladies and gentlemen, and that is what 200 Motels is all about." The rest of the plot-less production is filled with more self-reflexive reminders, as the close-up eye and tape recorder signal that Zappa is watching everything his bandmembers are doing. Reasonably, the Mothers of Invention make up the cast, notably
Nov 10, 1971 Limited
Jul 12, 1994
MGM Home Entertainment
Cast
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The Mothers of Invention
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Theodore Bikel
Rance Muhammitz -
Ringo Starr
Larry the Dwarf -
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Lucy Offerall
Groupies -
Pamela Miller
Interviewer -
George Duke
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Howard Kaylan
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Keith Moon
The Hot Nun -
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Don Preston
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Mark Volman
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Frank Zappa
Himself -
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Jimmy Carl Black
Lonesome Cowboy Burt -
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All Critics (6) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (2)
200 Motels has no particular focal point, being principally an anthology of poor jokes and spectacular audio-visual effects, a few of which might expand the mind, but all of which, taken together, are like an overdose of Novocain.
Top CriticThe incidents are often outrageously irreverent. The comedy is fast and furious, both sophisticated and sophomoric.
A real dinosaur.
Zappa's most ambitious compositions (performed by the London Philharmonic) share screen time with nostalgic freak humor.
It assaults the mind with everything on hand.
The film is a marvelous whirl of color and visual effects, with some fine animation and Zappa's delicious wit present throughout the entire production.
Audience Reviews for 200 Motels
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- Lonesome Cowboy Burt: Opal, you hot lil' bitch.
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- Rance Muhammitz: I don't wish to alarm you, but the signature must be made, in blood.
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