Jersey Boys (Directed by Clint Eastwood) Movie Review 

I love how Christy says, "Bye." at the end. Her tone of voice is so adorable.

These reviews are so much better when all four of them have seen the movie and can bring different views to the review. Even if they all agree (like this review), this is much better than if it's just 2-3 of them.

"I found this movie to be shockingly half-assed." LOL!

I generally like biopics for musicians. I loved Walk The Line and The Doors. However, I can't imagine watching this because Frankie Valli's high pitched squeal of a voice is so grating. Its like watching a dramatized version of nails on a chalk board.

Hmm, its too bad this movie didn't translate well to the big screen. It was such a great Broadway show.

I think they kind of missed the point that this movie was based on a hugely successful Broadway musical. I get that the film isn't that good, but they kind of skip over that part, which would explain a lot of the fantastical plot holes they don't like. Also, I grew up in the 80s, and The Four Seasons were still huge at that time. They were at least as big as The Temptations!

Where is a Beatles movie

Good review, WTF! I hope you guys will do more dynamic and longer reviews (15 minutes+) like this one in the future. Now I really got a fair amount of information about what I can expect from the film.

Hard to believe this film was so bad. The trailers look great. Their true story must be compelling . . . American Bandstand, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, major upheaval in the American landscape of music . . . I mean they captivated the charts with Sherry, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, etc. How could anyone mess up their story?

The Broadway stage show was fantastic. Can't tell you how disappointed the movie version was. It did not translate at all in the movie. The last scene where they did a reunion performance was painful to watch. The makeup to make them look older was so bad, it looked like they came from a volcano explosion. They looks ash white, hair and skin. I can't believe this was a Clint Eastwood directed movie. It's like he just gave up in the middle of the movie.

i just saw the movie & the music was great.i dont care what the critics say it was GREAT!!!

This movie was amazing I loved it and I didn't find it boring at all and I'm 15

This was like a Fox News discussion of Obama. None of these people knew ANYTHING about the 4 Seasons. Anyone who knows anything about pop music history knows the 4 Seasons' place in it. They know that the Seasons sold a helluva lot more records than the Kinks, to cite just one of the bands mentioned by these "experts." What people didn't know was the backstory about the mob connections, about the death of Valli's daughter or the fact that producer Bob Crewe was gay. (One of his other daughters died in an accident, but that would have doubly bored these critics.) These revelations, along with the music, are what made Jersey Boys a surprise Broadway hit. You could never put all the things these ignorant critics asked for into a two-hour movie. Should the movie about Notorious B.I.G. have spent more time on the making of his records and skimped on the tense relations with other rappers, which led to his murder? I don't think so. If you didn't learn everything you thought you should be told about the 4 Seasons in this movie, then go to other sources to find out more. Do you think there could be a 2-hour movie telling everything about the Beatles, or even the Kinks? The Jersey Boys play and movie have certainly stirred interest in the 4 Seasons' music. Currently, on the iTunes album bestseller list, you have a 4 Seasons hits collection at No. 12, the Jersey Boys Broadway cast album at No. 48, and the Jersey Boys movie soundtrack at No. 56 (just on pre-orders because the album isn't out yet) That's before you get to the first Beatles album at No. 123 and the first Springsteen album at no. 139. But if you What the Flick panelists are bored by the 4 Seasons, fine. Go back to Godzilla and the X-Men, which have higher Rotten Tomatoes ratings. That says a lot about the state of the movie business and movie criticism. Those are the movies that bore me.

That dude on the left always gives really funny lines on the end about rotten tomatoes..."Im going to have to fix that"

Well shoot me but I liked the movie. I didn't go in trying to analyze it, I just wanted to be entertained and I was. Yes, the music played a big part in the enjoyment of it but I also enjoyed finding out their story. Sometimes it isn't about the technical aspects but just having fun and I did. The end did make it for me, walking out I was singing and dancing.

i saw is on sunday and i left the theater with a smile on my face i love it

what did they go in expecting? It showcased the high's & the low's that the group endured over time. Yea maybe the time frame thing wasn't the greatest but it still did what it set out to do. I think for those people who know & enjoy the music will like this movie for what it is & what it sets out to do!!!!

Just watched it. I'm surprised by how many songs of theirs that I knew. Nearly all of the big hits they sang I knew and I'm in my early 20s.

Awesome movie! My dad and I went to see Jersey Boys yesterday. Our local newspaper gave it generally negative reviews, saying that it's nothing like the musical it was based on. That may be, but so what? In most movies, particularly those based on musicals, and particularly those based on real life people, some liberties have to be taken to make it more entertaining.

Disregard the posts on here. Saw the movie today and it was wonderful.

Why doesn't Black Sabbath, Minor Threat, The Clash, or a thousand other amazing bands get a movie?

CUPPAJOE1 ? You know this to be true because?..........Clint Eastwood did the movie because he COULD.........MILLIONS are fans of Frankie and his unique sound.What's his I.Q. got to do with it? He's a multi millionaire are you?

As a huge Clayton Kershaw fan, I love the intro to this review!

I would make a bomb ass Monkees movie. Hollywood call me. Daydream Believers was crap. I could make them ON POINT. Anyways I thought this movie was okay. My mom loved them so she enjoyed it but she doesn't want to own it. I think it may have worked better on stage. I think I agree with Alonso on his "shockingly half ass" comment. It wasn't interesting. It seems mushed together.

There was a movie about The Monkees, it aired on VH1 in 2000 6:06

I've seen the movie twice and hope to see it at least two more times. It was very entertaining.

just prove i have never agreed with critics lol. The loved the movie and will see it again

cracked up pretty hard at matt's impression of the ending, not gonna lie

Ben does say a spoiler at like 11 minutes to 11:25 not that i care or its a big deal in the story, just sayin it caught my ear

Wow, and I wanted to see this on the big screen. Guess I will be waiting for it on dvd/bluray.

Real shame none of them saw the show.

Ya....movie wasn't my favorite! But I don't care! It was Frankie Valli and the four seasons!!!!They are amazing! I told my dad walking in, "if nothing else, we get to hear great music!" And we did! For that alone, I can't wait till this comes out on DVD! I'll buy it!

The person some of you refer to as Gordio is Bob Gaudio. Google his name.

Thanks to Christy for reminding me of Walk Hard, it's a genuinely funny movie

I recommend seeing the musical. It is so much better than the movie.

You guys should review the falling skies tv series

In the words of Grace, "Goodfellas: The Musical".

please make longer videos

Perhaps Clint should have shot the stage musical.

Holy Shit where is our Bruce Springsteen musical??

The show is more of a play with music, but they sing a lot of the songs in it's entirety, mwhich gives it tbe "musical" feel.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PUT CLINT EASTWOOD IN A RETIREMENT HOME

Hmm, they made a great point. Where's the origin of the Beatles movie!

It's tough to review this when you've never seen the stage show. A lot of assumptions of how the show is onstage were made in this review...for example, no they don't break into song in the musical either, so that's not a valid criticism of the movie. It's hard to get a good review of movie musicals when none of the reviewers enjoy musicals.

The way the story is told is exactly how it's told in the stage show. They should go see the show before critiquing a movie and a band they have no idea about. This movie is subjective as all get out. Blissful ignorance?

Appreciate the Rashomon reference

I love when Matt hates a movie. He was great when he did that stupid pose

make sense they didn't like it, they have no clue about the musical

Hm. Well, the musical is very good, and The Four Season's music is fantastic. Too bad the movie isn't.

I thought this movie was good.

its audio with a G try learning how to pronounce names before going on tv

I've never seen an Eastwood film. Where's a good place to start?

u need to see the show it was amazing

I would have preferred seeing a version by Scorsese that was down and dirty with real character development. This film was a dud.

A modern movie about a band with no sex and no drugs! Hallelujah ! It's about time! I will rent it just for that reason alone. Thank you, Clint Eastwood. I'm so danged tired of hearing the "F" word and watching people do the "F" word. I have to change channels constantly. Also, these people doing this review sound like dingbats to me. No one has any class anymore. Yes, I'm conservative and danged proud of it!

you guys need to see the documentary AKA doc pomus.a movie about the song writing genius.cuz frankie valli was crap. watch?v=8oOG3vUkKUM

Clint Eastwood has no gift for musicals and should keep a safe distance from them in the future. BTW, the real Frankie Valli is a bonafide degenerate with a double digit IQ. His only talent was singing in falsetto voice. He was not a major talent, nor was he a nice guy. The success of the broadway show Jersey Boys was the result of the enormous popularity of The Sopranos. Gangster Jersey types had a musical preference for hometown singers. The Sopranos are no longer relevant in 2014. The music of that era jumped the shark 10 years ago. Nobody told Clint Eastwood.

@5:53"Why these guys? Where's The Kinks movie? Where's The Monkees movie? Rolling Stones?" That has got to be one of the dumbest comments you guys have made and all agreed upon? This is obviously someone's art and they wanted to make something about a group they thought were great. For you guys to make those statements, it was like listening to a bunch of amateurs movie critics, which you guys probably are. If one wanted to make a Kinks movie, then one could, just like one can make a movie about ANYTHING. I'll remind others to check out other channels for movie reviews. Apparently, this one suffers from lack of common sense.

Christy?! You're on camera...Put down the fucking phone!!!! A little professionalism. Jeez.

Please ignore the fat people pretending to be movie critics ...... the movie is xlnt; especially if you can't afford to see the stage play

it's obvious you guys don't have a clue about this show, this show won 4 tony's when it came out on Broadway and is still hugely popular this day.

Booooooring

i cant wait for your Transformers review...what a horrible piece of crap

This movie sucks

I 100% disagree with you idiots. this movie was Amazing. the disagreements and critiques you guys have really just come back to you guys reading into it too much. this movie is about the four seasons and there journey as well as balancing out the flow of the stage play. clint east wood did an awesome job. i feel as tho there were no mistakes. this is a movie that i can honestly say i have a hard time finding something wrong with.

These Guys are so lame,maybe if they were older they would know what was going on in the 60's and 70's,and they should have seen the stage show to have done their homework!