
The Five Heartbeats
1991, Drama/Music, 2h 2m
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Duck
Eddie
J.T.
Dresser
Choirboy
Jimmy Potter
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Townsend does more than merely track the travails of five song stylists; he quivers and rages with their injustices, vulnerabilities, uncertainties and desires.
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September 7, 2011 | Rating: C- | Full Review… -
This is not only a biography with music, but also a thoughtful look at the way five young men from a poor but nurturing black neighborhood find success, and deal with it.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
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March 29, 1991 | Rating: C- | Full Review… -
Robert Townsend co-wrote, directed and stars in the film, one whose sincerity does a lot to cover the amateurishness with which the film was made.
August 16, 2017 | Full Review… -
The rise and fall of a flashy, fictional 1960s rock group.
February 22, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
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