Jersey Boys

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Jersey Boys

R

Released Jun 20, 2014

2h 12m

Musical

Drama

Biography

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In the 1960s, four scrappy young men from New Jersey -- Frankie Valli (John Lloyd Young), Bob Gaudio (Erich Bergen), Nick Massi (Michael Lomenda) and Tommy DeVito (Vincent Piazza) -- have the magic sound that propels them from singing under streetlights to singing in spotlights. With songs like "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Walk Like a Man," the quartet finds itself at the top of the charts. However, personal and professional problems threaten to tear the group apart.

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Critics Consensus

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.

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

[Eastwood] displays his strong suits: music, drama and evocative cinematography.

Mar 7, 2017

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Sophie Gilbert

The Atlantic

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.

Dec 31, 2015

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Eddie Cockrell

The Australian

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.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 9, 2014

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…a straight bio-pic, with diegetic music only either as the soundtrack to montages or when the band perform…

Rated: 3/5

Sep 16, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Eastwood’s firmly established love of music doesn’t necessarily mean he’s attuned to the snappy, energetic presentation this production required to both channel the Broadway show and ensnare moviegoers.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 15, 2022

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Robert Sims

Lights Camera Austin

Clint Eastwood's admittedly classy take on the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys lacks the energy of Dreamgirls and the showmanship of Chicago.

Jan 22, 2022

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Clark W

This is a hit-and-miss movie across the board. The music, the acting, the characterizations, the storytelling. I'm glad I saw it; I got a little better feel for the behind-the-scenes story of the group; but once is enough. I don't think I'll have any great urges to see it again.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/07/25

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Eye C

A great biopic, a little rough with the stereotypes but in general it’s a beautiful story. And the Bollywood ending style never fails.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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Alec B

Eastwood'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.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/13/23

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Amy P

John Lloyd Young exceptionally recreates his Tony winning performance as Frankie Valli. The movie allows for a deeper telling of this the story of the Four Season. The musical performances are amazing. What is often overlooked is that ALL of the actors are singing LIVE! They are not lip syncing. This is an entertaining movie with great acting. I highly recommend this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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Mark C

Really pulled off that older style. Great songs

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/19/23

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Bruno G R

It was so bad I watched it in fast forward till I got to SOMETHING I thought would be good. Not many spots. I totally loved the Broadway play, seen it 3 times, paid for my brother n his wife to see the Broadway Play. I would say the non Broadway actors, bad camera shots and lighting were the doom of this play.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/01/23

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Synopsis

In the 1960s, four scrappy young men from New Jersey -- Frankie Valli (John Lloyd Young), Bob Gaudio (Erich Bergen), Nick Massi (Michael Lomenda) and Tommy DeVito (Vincent Piazza) -- have the magic sound that propels them from singing under streetlights to singing in spotlights. With songs like "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Walk Like a Man," the quartet finds itself at the top of the charts. However, personal and professional problems threaten to tear the group apart.

Director: Clint Eastwood
Producer: Clint Eastwood, Graham King, Robert Lorenz
Screenwriter: Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: GK Films, Malpaso Company
Rating: R (Language Throughout)
Genre: Musical, Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 20, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.0M
Runtime: 2h 12m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Datasat

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