Jersey Boys
2014, Musical/Biography, 2h 12m
222 Reviews 25,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Jersey Boys is neither as inventive nor as energetic as it could be, but there's no denying the powerful pleasures of its musical moments. Read critic reviews
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Frankie Valli
Bob Gaudio
Nick Massi
Tommy DeVito
Gyp DeCarlo
Bob Crewe
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Critic Reviews for Jersey Boys
All Critics (222) | Top Critics (70) | Fresh (113) | Rotten (109)
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[Eastwood] displays his strong suits: music, drama and evocative cinematography.
March 7, 2017 | Full Review… -
A scattered, haphazard, thoroughly confused film that can't figure out if it's meant to be a winningly cutesy musical or a gritty narrative about life in crime-ridden 1950s New Jersey.
December 31, 2015 | Full Review… -
The combination of... [Woody Allen & Clint Eastwood] has resulted in a Broadway adaptation that hums with vigour, sings with the capricious unpredictability of fate and fame, and does firm and lasting justice to the legacy of that vintage studio logo.
July 9, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Christopher Walken plays a gangster who can fix anything; maybe he should have taken charge of the film.
June 30, 2014 | Full Review… -
It's just that there's a particular combination of looseness, swagger, camaraderie, melancholy and melody in the last sequence; the film itself is solid and entertaining, but right at the end it all comes together in a moment of imaginative flight.
June 27, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
'Jersey Boys,' a rags-to-riches tale with glimpses behind the scenes of the music business, is pretty well irresistible.
June 26, 2014 | Full Review…
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[Eastwood] displays his strong suits: music, drama and evocative cinematography.
March 7, 2017 | Full Review… -
A scattered, haphazard, thoroughly confused film that can't figure out if it's meant to be a winningly cutesy musical or a gritty narrative about life in crime-ridden 1950s New Jersey.
December 31, 2015 | Full Review… -
The combination of... [Woody Allen & Clint Eastwood] has resulted in a Broadway adaptation that hums with vigour, sings with the capricious unpredictability of fate and fame, and does firm and lasting justice to the legacy of that vintage studio logo.
July 9, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Christopher Walken plays a gangster who can fix anything; maybe he should have taken charge of the film.
June 30, 2014 | Full Review… -
As it is, clocking in at more than two hours, Jersey Boys is both heavy-handed and superficial.
February 26, 2021 | Full Review… -
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 mechanical retelling of the popular Broadway show.
February 1, 2021 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Jersey Boys
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Mar 28, 2015This was just an okay musical for me. The story just isn't that extraordinary although the cast does well. It starts out moderately exciting and never climbs above that standard.Jarrin R Super Reviewer
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Dec 11, 2014Eastwood's the right guy to make a movie about The Four Seasons, unfortunately a lot of the cast are amateurish over-actors, the make-up is laughably awful, and the source material was never strong enough to work as anything but a flashy stage show designed to feed baby boomers insatiable nostalgia.Alec B Super Reviewer
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Aug 12, 2014A dull, uninvolving and derivative biopic full of the clichés that Eastwood has by now become an expert on, and it doesn't give us any reason why this story deserves to be told or what makes those characters remotely interesting besides Frankie Valli's voice.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Aug 03, 2014As Tommy DeVito(Vincent Piazza) puts it, there were three ways to escape the tough streets of Belleville, NJ in 1951. One by army, two by crime, and three by making it big and two out of three are not bad. For Frankie(John Lloyd Young), working in his father's(Lou Volpe) barber shop is not an option when he wounds big shot Gyp DeCarlo(Christopher Walken) while trying to shave him at work. Crime is not an option either as Frankie seems inept at that, lucky to escape any jail time after a botched robbery. Then there is his beautiful singing voice but getting it out to the people is harder than it sounds. In an engaging and entertaining style, "Jersey Boys" tells the story of the rise and fall of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, by showing the unique combination of personalities that can lead to a creative success can also lead to its downfall. In bringing this popular stage musical to the screen, Clint Eastwood makes a couple of wise decisions in allowing for the characters to still directly address the audience, allowing for multiple points of view, and keeping the original cast, thereby keeping the stunt casting to a minimum. Even as the movie might be a little too long, admittedly, it does find just the right emotional climax.Walter M Super Reviewer
Jersey Boys Quotes
| Bob Gaudio: | I never heard a voice like Franki Valli's. After eight bars, I know I need to write for this voice. |
| Frankie Valli: | Family is everything |
| Tommy DeVito: | My hand to God, they will throw you out in 12 seconds. |
| Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo: | I know you don't like me, but let's kill Batman! |
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