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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:
Nanci Fletcher,
Ben Vereen,
Alex Thomas,
Mary-Pat Green,
Indira Tyler,
Ray Proscia,
Ray Laska,
Carlease Burke,
Craig Kirkwood,
Norris Young,
Jon Huertas
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Nanci Fletcher
Ben Vereen
10 October 1946, Dade County, Florida, USA
Alex Thomas
Mary-Pat Green
Indira Tyler
Ray Proscia
Ray Laska
24 August 1949, East Chicago, Indiana, USA
Carlease Burke
Craig Kirkwood
10 August 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA
Norris Young
Jon Huertas
Country:
United States
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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?
January 01, 2000
What made Frankie run? The movie clearly doesn't know.
Variety
June 18, 2008
Too ill defined to emerge from the pack of box office also-rans.
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.
eFilmCritic.com
April 03, 2005
Worth it for the music -- but only barely.
January 01, 2000
We get no discernible Frankie at all!
Palo Alto Weekly
May 20, 2003
The biggest problem is the man at the center.
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.
January 01, 2000
A cop-out!
December 06, 2005
This biopic is soulless, underwritten, over-acted and, worse, just plain dull.
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.
