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Positive Reviews
132
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3.0
Even Eastwoods signature lean, overcast stylewhich manages to invest the vague and inconsistent narrative with a sense of place and atmospherecant ove ..
Av Club
3.0
What saves it are those nostalgic, soaring doo wop numbers ... and Eastwoods measured doses of directorial playfulness, such as when the actors cheeki ..
EW
2.5
This movie will sell many soundtracks.The elephant in the room is Eastwood himself.
Rogerebert
4.0
JERSEY BOYS may not be as magical as the stage version, but it has plenty of magic.
Common Sense Media
3.0
The relative dearth of prominent musical performances turns what could have been a dancing in the aisles romp into a bit of a slog.
Variety
2.0
It should fascinate those who have not seen the stage work, but as a comparative note to the musical, it lacks its dazzling entertainment value.
We Got This Covered
2.0
It ends up being borderline insulting how complacently Jersey Boys delivers nothing but era aesthetics and catchy tunes, expecting that the audience w ..
We Got This Covered
3.0
Whatever its big screen ambitions, this production remains wedded to its theatrical roots.
The Guardian
3.0
Yet, for all its faults, I found it relaxingly enjoyable and heartfelt.
The Guardian
3.8
Still, Eastwoods direction remains stridently assured from minute one, even if the script is never quite as consistent.
3.1
This particular gimmick feels a little unnecessary in the adaptation.
2.0
The parts are a disgrace, but then, women have no role in this particular rags to riches myth.You can sing like a girl but you should always walk like ..
Vulture
4.0
While this is hardly banner news, its highlighting enriches the material emotionally and dramatically, providing a bracing dose of melancholy before t ..
The Hollywood Reporter
2.5
Its a surprisingly traditional Hollywood biopic, studio musical effort.At 84, Eastwoods wild days of visionary cinematic extravaganzas are behind him.
3.5
Its a redemption narrative thats got a good beat, and you can dance to it.
The New York Times
3.5
Its not quite long enoughand its certainly not enough to qualify as a feature length musicalbut its enough to suggest Eastwood knows what a certain se ..
Paste Magazine
3.0
Instead, Clint Eastwoods stilted Broadway adaptation reeks of anti art appreciation.
IGN
2.0
The photography is staid, drab and desaturated visually, the film is almost indistinguishable from Eastwoods gloomy 2011 J Edgar Hoover biopic, down t ..
Telegraph
4.0
This notion of giving each band member the space to remember it how they need to is the conceit the film is structured around.
3.8
Jersey Boys contracts into what it probably always had to be, just a likable and not overly romanticized portrait of the Four Seasons, how they starte ..
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
Its entertaining musical biopic territory but rarely steps out of anything but caricature.
2.0
Not that Eastwood has made a bad film.Rarely, over the course of his 50 plus years in the directors chair, has Eastwood delivered an unquestionable bo ..
Cinema Blend
3.0
As a result, we go through the movie appreciating various elements without getting the sense of a greater whole.
Ny Daily News
3.5
Not perfect, but still a fun ride through the Four Seasons ups and downs. More of a straight biopic than a musical.
JoBlo
3.0
As a result, the musical numbers are a mix of genuinely exciting and toe tapping set pieces interspersed with uninspired recreations of notable Four S ..
Screen Rant
1.9
Trust me, youve watched condominium lobby channels that are more exciting than this.
The Globe And Mail
3.8
You get to hear all the songs in Clint Eastwoods surprisingly enjoyable adaptation of the smash Tony winning jukebox musical, Jersey Boys.
Philly
3.5
Once the playful and melodic music of the Four Seasons takes over your body, you will find your feet tapping on floor and your hands slapping your thi ..
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
As a result the movie is neither very entertaining nor especially enlightening.
One Guys Opinion
4.5
Eastwood may never show us his boys discovering themselves under that street lamp, but he gives us a clutch of moments worth treasuring and mostly wit ..
Village Voice
1.9
Whatever charms turned the musical Jersey Boys into a Tony winning Broadway hit are sorely missed in Clint Eastwoods tone deaf corpse of a movie.Late ..
Rogers Movie Nation
3.0
The boys are all with enough ambition in 1951 to use their musical talents to escape from their dead end life.
Sover
3.1
But the film lacks the inherent greatness that would allow it to entice a wider audience.
ReelViews
3.0
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 ..
Blu Ray
3.8
Jersey Boys comes to life during the songs... but its definitely one of lesser movies.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
The scenes detailing Vallis family problems are so perfunctory you wish Eastwood had just dropped them, though the emerging conflicts among the four s ..
Chicago Reader
1.9
Director Clint Eastwood gives this stilted material an equally wooden presentation, with a camera that submissively captures what should be lively per ..
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
The most modern thing about Eastwoods film is its narrative device, but otherwise the films pretty old fashioned.
2.5
Ordinarily, Eastwood has a sharp command of subject, time and place, but this music industry tale feels perfunctory, even dutiful.
Usa Today
3.0
If it werent for the musical performances, this would not be much of a movie.
Lariat
3.0
Young still shines, though, and Eastwoods rough and ready style aptly reflects his young subjects, who are brimming with roguish charm.
Radio Times
2.0
The familiar hits then start rolling out and the pic is going full steam, mixing good music, bits of effective humor, and distinctive and engaging cha ..
Screen It
4.0
Theres a wonderful scene midway through Clint Eastwoods Jersey Boys.
Independent
3.1
His magnetic performance feels lived in and true.Its the Mob connection that allows Eastwood to add shading and a sharper edge.
Rolling Stone
2.0
The concept album that is Arethas Gold follows the chronology of Aretha Franklins hits, all released in 1967 and 1968, apex years of the decade not ju ..
Pop Matters
3.0
It works in the hits, and it casts singers who make those hits sound virtually identical to the originals. What the movie doesnt do is answer the ques ..
The Wrap
3.1
There are two reasons that Broadways Jersey Boys has been selling out shows since 2005.One is a treasure trove of still golden hits by Frankie Valli a ..
News Day
3.0
This movie about the up and down fortunes of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, directed by Clint Eastwood from a script by Marshall Brickman and Ric ..
Cs Monitor
4.4
Eastwoods handpicked cast delivers the goods down to the smallest roles.
New York Post
3.5
Jersey Boys the movie is less a musical than a cautionary tale about the danger of getting what you want.
Film Journal International ..
3.5
This is not a major complaint Jersey Boys is a good movie, and the performances are first rate.But Eastwood should have roughed things up a little mor ..
Az Central
3.5
There are scenes that play quite theatrically, and the world we see is very much the one the central characters experience.
Smh
3.0
At best, its a watchable mess (right down to its prestige picture muted color and Eastwoods trademark bad old age make up), but it is a mess.
Mountain X
3.5
This is a special Jersey Boys universe crafted specifically for fans among whom you can pretty clearly count Clint Eastwood.
Npr
3.5
Large sections are devoted to the drama of making it, or of keeping it after initial success.Eastwood may not be the projects ideal director.
Npr
5.0
The film adaptation, with rock solid direction from Clint Eastwood (of all people), should delight even millennials who think My Chemical Romance put ..
Star Tribune
1.5
And then theres the problem that Eastwood doesnt seem to know whether hes making GoodFellas or, I dunno, Walk the Line.
3.1
The picture also would have benefited from one or two more complete production numbers, since much of the joy of Jersey Boys is watching the cast do a ..
Toronto Star
2.0
And even then Eastwood can never decide if its being played for comedy, or just a clunky reminder.
Cinema Crazed
2.0
Given that Eastwood has never directed a musical before, he pulls off the performance numbers with a modicum of style.
Slate
3.0
The songs are nicely performed and the script duly ticks all the musical biopic boxes, even if it lacks a suitably show stopping set piece.
Flim List
4.0
Eastwoods decision for the songs to be performed delivers an immediacy and tangible dynamic.
3.5
Subdued, nostalgic behind the music story of this iconic jukebox quartet and Frankie Vallis parade of hits: Sherry,Walk Like a Man, Cant Take My Eyes ..
Susang Ranger
3.8
The power of close ups brings a warmth and a depth to the story that the play lacked.
Observer
4.0
Christopher Walken plays a gangster who can fix anything; maybe he should have taken charge of the film.
New Yorker
2.5
This canny mix the Falsetto meets the Sopranos guaranteed a bridge and tunnel stream of Garden Staters ready to sing along to some of the most infecti ..
Time
3.0
As a Jersey boy from the same Italian American neighborhoods as Frankie Valli, I can attest to the authenticity of Clint Eastwoods Jersey Boys, a film ..
Boston Herald
4.0
It is one of the best bits in what proves to be a melancholy but entirely enjoyable film.
Express
3.1
Full of genial showbiz cliches and mobbed up sweeties, its an easy movie to take.It is also an uncertainly stylized one, with a drab sense of atmosphe ..
Chicago Tribune
1.9
If any one of those is missing, Jersey Boys will stand revealed for what it is: a flat footed Italian American theme park ride thats as far from rock ..
Boston Globe
3.0
This is a stodgy mess of a movie in which a mostly bland cast is shoved around like pawns on a narrative chessboard to tell a rags to riches story wev ..
Flickfilosopher
3.0
Twenty six years later, Broadway has already done the work for Eastwood: Jersey Boys is wall to wall fantasyland showbiz, expertly shot and boasting f ..
Blogs Indie Wire
5.0
I never thought this was the stuff of great drama, but I like a good show biz underdog story as much as anyone, and I do love those songs.The result i ..
Blogs Indie Wire
3.0
Aside from an inspired shot that passes various musical performers as it ascends the Brill Building, Eastwoods visual style is simple and even drab, a ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
Just dont expect it to happen too often.Music aficionado Clint fails to match the verve of his Charlie Parker biopic Bird, but Jersey Boys is a solid ..
Total Film
2.0
A scattered, haphazard, thoroughly confused film that cant figure out if its meant to be a winningly cutesy musical or a gritty narrative about life i ..
The Atlantic
2.0
But enough of the songs are familiar Big Girls Dont Cry, Working My Way Back to You, Walk Like a Man so a jukebox musical it is, the entertainment ind ..
Standard
5.0
So this movie was a pleasant surprise because its the best film Ive seen all year, and maybe it will bring about the rebirth of the movie musical.
Tony Medley
2.0
Jersey Boys hits the high notes with ease, and offers the low ones for contemplation.
Detroit News
3.1
Now, its all been folded into a Clint Eastwood film thats neither theatrical fish nor cinematic foul.
Groucho Reviews
3.0
No one could accuse Eastwood of having stars in his eyes, but Im not sure any rock era biopic has less vividly conveyed the narcotic rush of celebrity ..
Hit Fix
3.8
The wisdom of Clint Eastwood doing the film version of a Broadway musical seems questionable at best, but it works because, when it comes right down t ..
Aisle Seat
2.0
Its not a totally bad film, it just makes a lot of bad choices and ends up dragging when it should be engaging, and it frustrates more often than it e ..
Forbes
3.0
The same winning blend of endearment and excitement is once again to the fore in this quality third installment in the animated series based on the bo ..
Herald Sun
3.8
And then those songs kick in Walk Like a Man, Sherry, Big Girls Dont Cry and the years melt away.But as deliberately, consciously old fashioned as it ..
Nj
3.0
The rise is enjoyable, but the predictable hurdles that come with fame and fortune drag down an overlong second half.
Oregon Live
3.0
It feels old fashioned and wholly sedate.Some may feel this is the wrong approach for a musical, which in the modern idiom is a genre that is haphazar ..
Ner Dist
2.5
Though Eastwoods direction is leaden, the movie does occasionally nail the ideal tone.
Movies Tv Guide
5.0
In many ways, it follows the formula for this kind of movie as we watch the stars rise and fall and ultimate redemption.
Maki At The Movies
2.0
A largely dull music industry saga, more TV movie than vibrant celebration of American youth culture.
Cine Vue
4.0
It delivers a compulsive story, great performances and irresistible songs.
Mirror
3.0
But the winsome cast and often tongue in cheek script still make for an entertaining, if overlong, old fashioned musical.
Digital Spy
2.5
Eastwoods no fuss style in a musical surely the fussiest of genres leaves Jersey Boys as a movie that still raises a few laughs but only occasionally ..
Nz Herald
3.1
It sort of resembles genre parody Walk Hard; That Thing You Do! better tracked its musicians diverging agendas.And yet theres enough here for some smi ..
Red Eye Chicago
3.5
Ultimately, this is a movie that rests on the strength of the music and the screenplay, and both are impressive enough to paper over any other shortco ..
Stl Today
1.3
So nobody could reasonably expect a lollapalooza of liberating energy.
Stl Today
3.0
Moves confidently for 135 minutes, with bright performances (Tony winner John Lloyd Young as Frankie outstanding), catchy numbers, a sparkle and sepia ..
Ft
4.0
Too many things at some points maybe, but its an entertaining tale that when you strip away the costumes, the setting and the songs, is an old story a ..
Independent Ie
2.5
Are there some strong performances and the occasional potent moment
Dustin Put Man
2.5
Music lover Clint Eastwood adapts the long running stage musical for the big screen with mixed results: it recounts a terrific true story but has an u ..
Contact Music
2.0
By the time Frankie Valli makes a triumph debut of the future smash Cant Take My Eyes Off of You, all melodramatics disappear in a pure pop heaven the ..
Film Racket
3.0
Fans of Vallis music, or of the musical, will be disappointed.People looking for some real music history will likely leave feeling un illuminated.
Vanity Fair
4.0
At 134 minutes, its too long.Its competent but unremarkable, an entertainment that evaporates from the mind the minute the credits roll.
Hollywood And Fine
3.0
Its a perfect send off, leaving the music touching you in a way the story seldom does.
Patriot Ledger
2.5
A sepulchral adaptation of the 2005 jukebox musical based on the songs of the Four Seasons that has been stripped bare of any life or energy.
Antagony & Ecstasy
3.8
Youll likely be so caught up in the films catchy music and spirit that you wont much mind occasional liberties and factual errors.
3.0
This cinematic version, directed by 84 year old Clint Eastwood, isnt quite as engaging.For starters, I dont really know if it can be classed as a musi ..
The Film Pie
3.8
This lets put on a show tale with a fuhgeddaboudit vibe is one of those times.
Js Online
2.5
Between the high gloss, desaturated prestige picture look of the film and the visibly fakey soundstage sets of the Jersey boys hometown, Jersey Boys f ..
The Dissolve
2.0
The story is much more about making it than it is about making art; short on surprises but engaging all the same, and not without delight.
Sandiego Reader
3.5
And its unreservedly worthwhile for admirers of both film and music.
Cinemix Tape
3.0
The most likeable element in the film is not the people but the earworm quality songs which, even after all this time, sound fresh and irresistibly ca ..
Straits Times
4.0
Yes, theres no Eastwood stamp stylistically, but he directs superb performances from the central quartet and commendably without a whiff of jazz hands ..
One Room With A View
3.1
Your eyes may adore this film, but it cant lay a hand on a uniform approach to its pop culture subjects.
Daily Herald
2.3
Their ascension to stardom lacks momentum and their relatively unremarkable fall from grace slows the plot down even further, even as the exuberant so ..
Crave Online
2.0
Perhaps the reason Vallis domestic strife is sketched so lightly is that the man himself is one of Jersey Boys producers, which is a bit like a space ..
The Ooh Tray
3.0
But what ends is this direction working toward.Nothing too interesting.
Movie Mezzanine
2.0
Eastwoods movie, which runs well over two hours, would be better if it rocked a little bit itself.But it never does.
reason
2.0
Young reprises his Broadway role and is adequate, but like the rest of the film its a performance that never quite provides an emotional investment fo ..
Bowling Green Daily News
2.5
Jersey Boys, through the transcendental magic of the music and its performers, makes a good enough case that they did.Just.
Streaming Quickflix
3.1
Jersey Boys contains enough pleasant ingredients to warrant a mild recommendation, but its clearly at its best when Clint curtails the characters kvet ..
Clclt
2.5
Its an idea that should have worked marvelously for the screen, but without the same energy from the music being put into the narrative, its not surpr ..
3.0
Theres a lack of pizazz that only emerges in the films dazzling final performance, and one cant help but wish Eastwood had gone for spectacle rather t ..
0.0
The second half of the film feels tacked on from a different project.Its a cautionary tale.
Seven Day Svt
2.5
The movie lacks the energy and vitality of The Buddy Holly Story (1978), although it steals one of its scenes.
Tony Mack
2.0
In the end, Jersey Boys is a well made film that had very little appeal to me.But Im sure the right audience will eat it up.
Fat Guys At The Movies
3.0
The shots are largely static, the colours heavily desaturated and the drama almost non existent.
Concrete Play Ground
5.0
There is a lot of darkness to the behind the scenes tale of success.
Denver Post
4.0
The combination of... has resulted in a Broadway adaptation that hums with vigour, sings with the capricious unpredictability of fate and fame, and do ..
The Australian
4.0
Whats interesting is how Eastwood breaks with genre conventions and reinvents the musical as a character study, placing the emotional drama at the for ..
The National
2.5
There really isnt any kind of inspiration, seemingly, behind the tracks.
Ion Cinema
2.5
Theyll send you home in an envelope! should be watertight, but you can never tell if one of the performers will pull it off or pull it under.
New City Film
5.0
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Review Express
1.5
The film doesnt work as a drama, it doesnt work as a comedy and it sure as heck doesnt work as a musical...In all, Jersey Boys delivers the one thing ..
Tiny Url
3.0
And hes there to step in when another mob guy is less understanding.
Movie Mom
5.0
Clint Eastwood gets a movie version of a gold record for this terrific retelling of the Broadway play of the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seaso ..
Tri City Herald
4.5
Though Eastwood keeps the story flowing, the film does have an occasional slow spot.
Media Mikes
3.5
Like Saturday Night Fever, Jersey Boys is also about four Italian American youths from the outer boroughs. Both films have hits that are still in Amer ..
Theepoch Times
3.8
If youd like to see a film version of the stage production of Jersey Boys, then you wont be disappointed with director Clint Eastwoods movie.
Qc Times
1.9
Dont let the bizarre choice of Clint Eastwood as director sway you from seeing it. Let the fact that it is awful do that.
Columbus Alive
3.5
This is how Eastwood approaches the past, as memories with faded out color.The movie is too hard nosed for nostalgic fun.
Grant Land
3.0
Walkens made safe and straight, much like the film itself by the end.
Vue Weekly
3.5
The visual recreation of the 1950s 1960s is integral to the appeal of the film.
Vulture
2.5
A movie musical with mediocre musical moments and meandering melodrama. Its not headed for No. 1 with a bullet.
Tulsa World
2.5
It hits all the expected notes for a biopic, though it is shot and defined like an old fashioned mob picture, complete with a sepia toned aesthetic an ..
Am Ny
4.5
Despite primarily being a drama, the jokes land more effectively, while its more somber moments collapse under a story that doesnt properly set them u ..
Dark Horizons
2.0
While it looks good, its the feels good part the film doesnt get right.The story of four struggling musicians who overcome their neighborhood, an indu ..
Toledo Blade
3.5
Not quite an out and out musical but one that lets its classic pop tunes carry the day.
Honey Cutts Hollywood
3.0
Enjoy a good singalong but still havent been forgiven for putting your loved ones through Mamma Mia!
Sky
4.5
Jersey Boys, the movie, is a real crowd pleaser, and if you dont experience some goose bumps along the way, youre probably too young to remember the s ..
Kaplan Vs Kaplan
3.0
It gets hurried and cheap looking in the finale.Yet the movie succeeds.
Metro Active
3.0
Bracing drama with music based on the Broadway Tony Award winning show.
Compuserve
2.0
Like a coin operated jukebox that relies on push buttons, stacks of vinyl and electric inner workings to make music, Jersey Boys feels like a mechanic ..
Richard Crouse
3.8
If the film audience doesnt get to experience the thrill of watching the faux Valli and the Seasons sing entire numbers live, well, theres always the ..
Miami
2.5
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Richard Roeper
2.0
This is an age old rise and fall story that weve all seen a hundred times before, so maybe embalming it in molasses is not the way to go.
Little White Lies
2.0
The life and times and ups and downs of Frankie Valli and the rest of the Four Seasons captivated audiences, and the musical performances electrified ..
Ut Sandiego
3.1
Other hits follow and all kinds of trouble.The movie, best when it lets us simply enjoy these lovely harmonies and Youngs terrific falsetto stylings, ..
Ut Sandiego
2.5
Given Mr. Eastwoods well established musicality, though, its not at all surprising that its during the musical numbers the film truly comes alive.
Critics Notebook
3.0
He lets things get a bit melodramatic at times, but never makes us wait too long for the fun parts.
Aarp
2.5
Traditionally, Clint Eastwood has been a filmmaker exercising precision, simplicity and an eye for detail.His directing an adaptation of a major Broad ..
MLive.com
2.0
Jersey Boys which originates from the triumphant stage production excels in its quite remarkable tale, as a part gangster flick, and part musical succ ..
Hey U Guys
1.5
The Four Seasons may have wooed listeners with their love songs, but the movie about them doesnt have a lot of soul.
L.A. Biz
3.0
Most of the Jersey Boys cast are veterans of the stage play, but there are some flat performances.A MUSICAL is often only as good as its songs.
Standard Net Au
4.0
You can almost see the golf carts just out of frame) featuring every character from the film should be a delight.But like the rest of the film its sti ..
Bad Ass Digest
3.0
Jersey Boys reminds us that creating pop history is about so much more than queuing up for The X Factor.
Birmingham Mail
3.0
... Only truly comes alive when it remembers its a musical, yet even then it seldom gives us the performance of a song from beginning to end.
Stardem
4.0
Clint Eastwoods screen adaptation, triumphantly for the most part, makes their tale cinematic.
Dwight Brown Ink
1.5
As it is, clocking in at more than two hours, Jersey Boys is both heavy handed and superficial.
World Socialist Web Site
3.0
Clint Eastwood found a way to make a musical for people who dont necessarily like musicals.
Fres Nobee
3.0
The films wooziness wouldnt be disastrous if it swept audiences up in the zest of pop creation.
Oc Register
2.0
Its based on the Broadway musical, meaning its long on boffo musical numbers and short on meaningful characterization.
Blogs Houston Press
3.8
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1.5
Clint Eastwoods big screen adaptation of the Broadway smash is not without its rewards; getting there, though, requires acceptance and patience.
The Movie Minute
5.0
A nostalgic trip down Memory Lane designed with Baby Boomers in mind.
Baret News Wire
3.1
Eastwood cant duplicate that as he makes a very standard biographical movie, but he is not quite getting the juice needed to take Jersey Boys the movi ..
Dc5
1.5
Jersey Boys is almost frustrating in a way. The entire time we are aching for the film to wow us. Sadly, it never really does.
Smash Cut Reviews
2.5
Unfortunately, the movie he made instead doesnt work as a musical or as a biopic.
Buzz Feed
1.5
Eastwoods Jersey Boys has its flaws... But, theres still the music.
The Daily Times (Tennessee ..
2.0
You can almost smell the meatballs Frankies mother cooks for dinner.
Dallas News
3.8
This musical story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is pleasing to the ear, but unoriginal in its structure and storytelling.
Jc Online
2.5
And it was painfully boring to sit through.It wasnt the overwrought miss of Flags of Our Fathers.
Movie City News
3.0
Ultimately this is a two star movie that gets an extra star for its excellent songs
Movies 8 My Life Blog Spot ..
4.5
The four protagonists, led by Young... simply shine. They create spot on covers of the original songs and there is no denying their musical nous, harm ..
Times of Malta
3.1
As the narrative progresses into these less fun parts of the tale, large sections of the storytelling feel inert, and some key moments get short shrif ..
Good Times
3.0
Clint Eastwood does Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons The past decade has given us a compelling, if not entirely positive, narrative for Clint Eastwo ..
Un Cut
4.0
The cast makes the most of every musical moment, singing their hearts out while doing a dance line number that the Four Seasons never actually used bu ..
What She Said Radio
2.0
It feels too flat and lacks depth, flair and spirit, and it doesnt feel open enough in its transition from the stage to the big screen.
Access Hollywood
3.1
The movie is a rollercoaster ride that soars on the wings of the incredible music and then crashes into the mob element.
Atlantic City Weekly
3.0
Loved it while I was watching it; it largely fell apart once I thought about. And why doesnt Christopher Walken get to sing
Technology Tell
2.5
It doesnt help that Mr. Young plays Frankie with the range of a dial tone.
Ladue News
2.5
( The movie is like Goodfellas with songs thrown in for the hell of it. )
Windy City Media Group
2.5
Its glossy and entertaining but also safe and conventional. If my father had lived to age 72, he would have loved this movie. This is your target audi ..
Christy Lemire
3.0
Faggedaboutit, just throw on some of Four Seasons many songs (including several excellent numbers that couldnt be pigeonholed awkwardly into this narr ..
ScreenAnarchy
4.4
When the film is funny, its explosively funny, to the point of laughing until youre gasping for breath.
News Gazette
3.5
Full disclosure: I loved the music of The Four Seasons, could sing every word to every one of their hits, and even sounded a lot like Frankie Valli re ..
Blog Cleveland
1.0
It is a fantastic musical.Why did the studio give Clint Eastwood the task of making the film adaptation
Las Vegas Informer
3.8
That Sunday, the tribal association will present the final day of its two day 30th annual Nansemond Indian Pow Wow.
Hampt On Roads
2.0
Directed by Clint Eastwood.The damnedest picture playing to empty theatres right now, Clint Eastwoods out of tune adaptation of the smash jukebox musi ..
Spliced Personality Word P ..
3.0
Unfortunately, good is not what a film otherwise as uninteresting as Jersey Boys needs.A film this dull needs great.
Altfg
1.5
This is one song and dance that should have stayed stuck in the jukebox.
Central Track
4.5
It may not have razzle dazzle, but when Jersey Boys hits its stride it reveals a lightness of touch uncharacteristic of Eastwoods oeuvre.
0.5
Whatever you call it, it operates under the same purpose as trying to fit a donut through a keyhole.
The NitPic
4.0
The film prevents their story from being obscured by second rate Baz Luhrmann isms and lip synched performances by A list actors cast to max the odds ..
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