Grew up on the Four Seasons. It was a great time to be an adolescent.
How do you do FOUR thumbs up? I can only do three.
Eastwood had a #1 hit on the country ( US and Canadian ) charts in 1980, “Bar Room Buddies” (with Merle Haggard) so his connection to music isn’t as far away as it seems.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l0luZHf_yg
Glad to hear the good review. I thought the trailers were good. I’ll watch it when it comes out on DVD.
Thanks,
Glad to hear the good review. I thought the trailers were good. I’ll watch it when it comes out on DVD.
Thanks,
It must have been opened up quite a bit - the show was a simple jukebox musical, although very popular.
It is awesome! We went the 2nd or 3rd day it was out as we really wanted to see it. The whole theater full of people sang along and as you said, stayed through the credits. We even bought the soundtrack for our iPod, something I haven’t done since probably 1990.
FYI...there is a group called “Oh What a Night” that puts on one of the BEST live shows we’ve ever seen. We caught then on Pride of America in Hawaii. Their website is ohwhatanighttribute.com. Their schedule is there, don’t miss them if they come close to you. Loved Jersey Boys, did you also notice Franky Valli was a co-producer? He is in his 80’s now. Came home and bought their greatest hits album.
Agreed. Excellent movie.
Great review, I can’t wait to see this movie. I’ve been trying to get hubby to go see it on Broadway for ages, but I think I’ll be able to drag him to the movie.
I haven’t seen the movie (yet) but I did enjoy the stage show when it came here as the touring group from its Broadway run. Really love the music!!
Thanks. I’ve been lobbying my wife to see this as a show in Vegas.
I grew up in that NJ area in that era. Very popular group amongst the locals. Four Seasons was a bowling alley we used to bowl at albeit we did not make the connection to the group till later.
This was the era of the Goodfellows portrayed in the movie by the same name. It was an exciting time for me as a young adult. If you had a Caprise or GTO with an 8 track with Valli and his group, you were in!
BTW, Eastwood also did a biopic Bird: Charlie Parker.
Saw the stage show in Vegas. The wife loved it so much we’re going to the movies for the first time in over ten years to see it on the silver screen.
EVERYONE was singing along with the music!
Only downside was they did not do the entire songs just parts of them. Still a magnificent show.
Thanks for the info! I grew up in this genre and always liked their music!
Thanks for the review. I rarely go to movies but was thinking of going to this one and possibly my sister’s family. I take my nephew to movies every now and then (especially when he was a little younger - primarily Disney movies). His parents and I have always tried to make sure that movies, music, video-games, etc. are age-appropriate for him.
Do you think this would be appropriate for a 12 year old, or is there a lot of bad language, etc.?
I will see the movie out of respect for Clint Eastwood.
And, then there’s the music :-)
Can’t wait to see the movie. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons was my very first interview as a very young news reporter when they appeared at a county fair in Indiana. They were just beginning their rise to fame.