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Great Balls of Fire (1989)

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Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 14

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Film biography of rock 'n' roll hellraiser Jerry Lee Lewis, concentrating on the years 1956 to 1959, when Lewis rose to stardom. It was also during this period that Lewis married his third wife Myra, who not only was his second cousin, but... [More]

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Lisa Blount

Director: Jim McBride

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Jun 4, 2002

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02/09/06

Derek Adams

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11/18/05

Jon Niccum

Lawrence Journal-World

Quaid is surprisingly good and has plenty of fun in this musical biopic.

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11/15/05

James Plath

DVDTown.com

Average biopic.

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09/21/05

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

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08/04/05

Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS)

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06/19/05

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Dennis Quaid actually manages to make Jerry Lee Lewis likeable.

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06/17/05

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Vastly entertaining biopic.

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04/08/05

Forrest Hartman

Reno Gazette-Journal

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08/30/04

Caryn James

New York Times

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06/05/04

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Quaid nails it. Just nails it.

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04/15/04

Widgett Walls

Needcoffee.com

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02/08/04

Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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11/04/03

Rebecca Murray

About.com

Ryder and Quaid seem to be in two different movies, but Baldwin is brilliant.

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06/26/03

Nell Minow

Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

An outrageous bio-pic with Quaid over the top as Jerry Lee Lewis

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06/20/03

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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06/20/03

Michael Szymanski

Zap2it.com

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02/20/03

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Not a total success, but it does have a sense of style

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01/12/03

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

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12/06/02

Brian J. Arthurs

Beach Reporter (Southern California)

Dennis Quaid is amazing, this could be the film of his career

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09/17/02

Clint Morris

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