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Why do Fools Fall in Love
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The movie traces the rise and fall of 1950s doo-wop singer Frankie Lymon and three women Zola Taylor; Elizabeth Waters, and Emira Eagle who each claim to be the widow of Frankie Lymon, claiming legal rights to his estate.
The movie traces the rise and fall of 1950s doo-wop singer Frankie Lymon and three women Zola Taylor; Elizabeth Waters, and Emira Eagle who each claim to be the widow of Frankie Lymon, claiming legal rights to his estate.
Actors:
Shirley Caesar,
Mia Bell,
Little Richard,
Aries Spears,
J. August Richards,
Douglas Seagraves,
Mary-Pat Green
Shirley Caesar
13 October 1938, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Mia Bell
Little Richard
5 December 1932, Macon, Georgia, USA
Aries Spears
3 April 1975, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J. August Richards
28 August 1973, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Douglas Seagraves
Mary-Pat Green
Country:
United States
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January 01, 2000
A cop-out!
April 09, 2005
Larenz Tate is terrific recreating the excitement of Frankie's stage presence.
June 18, 2002
A fresh, enlightening example of how to take a tragic American show-business story and make it funny, warm and terrifically entertaining.
Apollo Guide
January 01, 2000
Fails to bring anything new to what is rapidly becoming a genre unto itself (the 'talented but betrayed and flawed musical legend dead before their time' genre) making one wonder Why Did They Even Bother?
February 14, 2001
Though Nava's soapy directing style makes Fools watchable enough in a campy way, the film's unsophisticated nature undermines its better qualities.
December 06, 2005
This biopic is soulless, underwritten, over-acted and, worse, just plain dull.
Variety
June 18, 2008
Too ill defined to emerge from the pack of box office also-rans.
eFilmCritic.com
April 03, 2005
Worth it for the music -- but only barely.
January 01, 2000
What made Frankie run? The movie clearly doesn't know.
Palo Alto Weekly
May 20, 2003
The biggest problem is the man at the center.
Globe and Mail
April 25, 2003
A celebration of pop fantasies, a boyish rascal with a helium voice, and three pretty fools who fell in love with him.
January 01, 2000
We get no discernible Frankie at all!