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Jon Pardew Movie Review: 7/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 50%
Rated: R
Sexual Content: 4/10
Violence: 4/10
Profanity: 8/10
Drugs/Alcohol: 7/10
Jersey Boys follows the life of Frankie Valli (John Lloyd Young), Tommy DeVito (Vincent Piazza), Nick Massi (Michael Lomenda), and Bob Gaudio (Erich Bergen) as they come together to create music. Tommy DeVito, who is heavily involved with the mob in New Jersey, puts together a singing group with talented Frankie Valli and bass singer Nick Massi. Later they bring in the key to their success Bob Gaudio who can write, sing and play the keyboard. Bob wrote chart topping hits for the group such as: "Sherry", "Walk Like a Man", "Big Girls Don't Cry" and many others. Jersey Boys covers the rise of The Four Seasons. You see what they went through to become legends. You also watch their experiences as issues came up and bad feelings are developed toward one another which ultimately leads to their fall and breakup.
The cast of Jersey Boys was fantastic. They could not have got a better group of talent for the job. The actors sing all the songs in the movie, they sound just like The Four Seasons and they got that Jersey accent down perfectly. The story flowed well with one exception towards the end where the movie jumps back in time to cover some issues that developed and then jumps forward again. Nick Massi's rant at the end was great as he finally lets out years of built up anger towards the group. The makeup at the end was not very impressive when they jumped forward to the 90's, at a time where the characters were much older. Maybe it was an artistic move since the movie is based on the play, but they looked like young men with makeup on instead of genuinely aged men.
I was impressed with Frankie Valli's attitude throughout the movie. Who knows if this is how it really happened, right? "Everybody remembers it how they need to". But in the movie, Frankie took responsibility for all of Tommy DeVito's mess. Tommy got into a lot of trouble and it was admirable what Frankie did. He demonstrated true friendship without asking for anything in return. He felt that although Tommy had a lot of problems he was the one that got him off the streets of New Jersey and that was enough. Frankie had his back no matter what even when Tommy was stabbing him in the his own back at some points. Life was rough for them, but the ones who worked hard came out on top in the end and gave the world great music along the way. I still am unable to get "Can't Take my Eyes Off of You" out of my head.
Review Written by: Jon Pardew
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