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Jersey Boys
- Director: Clint Eastwood
- Writer: Marshall Brickman; Rick Elice
- Producer: Clint Eastwood; Bob Gaudio
CGiii Comment
Really?!? 134 minutes of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons...that infernal voice!!!
Eastwood is scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one...the straight to camera narration is horrific...yes, it's acceptable in the theatre...not on film. This is what deftless film students do.
The gay interest comes in the form of the record producer: he's camp, spiteful and lurid.
Appealing only to those of a certain age with a bad taste in music. There are better ways to squander 2 hours.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Jersey Boys is a musical biography of the Four Seasons-the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far from a mere tribute concert (though it does include numbers from the popular Four Seasons songbook), Jersey Boys gets to the heart of the relationships at the center of the group-with a special focus on frontman Frankie Valli, the small kid with the big falsetto. In addition to following the quartet's coming of age as performers, the core of the show is how an allegiance to a code of honor learned in the streets of their native New Jersey got them through a multitude of challenges: gambling debts, Mafia threats and family disasters. Jersey Boys is a glimpse at the people behind a sound that has managed to endure for over four decades in the hearts of the public.
Cast & Characters
Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito;
John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli;
Steve Schirripa as Vito;
Christopher Walken as Gyp DeCarlo;
Kathrine Narducci as Frankie's Mother;
Lou Volpe as Frankie's Father;
Johnny Cannizzaro as Nick DeVito;
Michael Patrick McGill as Officer Mike;
Jacqueline Mazarella as Angry Woman;
Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi