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10/18/08
Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998)
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Reviews Counted:54
Fresh:29
Rotten:25
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: This is a fun comedy with delightful musical numbers.
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: The hilarious and mostly historical musical life of 1960's teen idol Frankie Lymon. Tate plays Lymon, the object of every teenager's affection, who has managed to marry three different women at the... [More]
Starring: Larenz Tate, Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon
Director: Gregory Nava
Reviews for Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Too ill defined to emerge from the pack of box office also-rans.
06/18/08
Top CriticThis biopic is soulless, underwritten, over-acted and, worse, just plain dull.
12/06/05
No review available.
07/19/05
Larenz Tate is terrific recreating the excitement of Frankie's stage presence.
04/09/05
Worth it for the music -- but only barely.
04/03/05
No review available.
01/26/05
No review available.
02/27/04
The biggest problem is the man at the center.
05/20/03
A celebration of pop fantasies, a boyish rascal with a helium voice, and three pretty fools who fell in love with him.
04/25/03
A fresh, enlightening example of how to take a tragic American show-business story and make it funny, warm and terrifically entertaining.
06/18/02
Though Nava's soapy directing style makes Fools watchable enough in a campy way, the film's unsophisticated nature undermines its better qualities.
02/14/01
Top CriticJampacked with rock glamour and exploitation, joy and horror, that keeps showing its subject at different angles, through different eyes.
01/01/00
Smart, quirky love story.
01/01/00
Filled with color and energy!
01/01/00
Lymon's short career paved the way for musical figures like Ross and Michael Jackson, but unfortunately, Hollywood doesn't always give you the biopic you deserve.
01/01/00
A fun romp down memory lane!
01/01/00
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