Why do Fools Fall in Love
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.
29 September 1974, The Bronx, New York, USA
5 December 1932, Macon, Georgia, USA
11 August 1964, New York City, New York, USA
10 August 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 April 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
December 06, 2005
This biopic is soulless, underwritten, over-acted and, worse, just plain dull.
April 03, 2005
Worth it for the music -- but only barely.
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.
January 01, 2000
A cop-out!
January 01, 2000
What made Frankie run? The movie clearly doesn't know.
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!
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.
April 09, 2005
Larenz Tate is terrific recreating the excitement of Frankie's stage presence.
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?
June 18, 2008
Too ill defined to emerge from the pack of box office also-rans.
May 20, 2003
The biggest problem is the man at the center.
