Dramatic Art At Its' Best!

Rating: 10/10 (3 January 2014)

Okay, I read a few of the reviews, some loved this movie, some were quite disappointed, and some were lukewarm... I get it, different strokes for different folks, but for me this movie was a nice change, I loved it. I also understand why it would have been hard for me not to.
First of all, I'm 56, from South Brooklyn, went to High School in Bay Ridge Brooklyn, Bernard King was in my home room class, Harry Chapin was in my Church Choir, I'm as New York as Junior's Cheese Cake, oh, and I was a theater geek too, wanted to be a professional actor, loved the music and the dance craze of my time, still love to dance and yes, I enjoyed the whole disco scene - so, for me, I loved everything about this flick, the music, the accents, the story line, the clothes, the braggadocio, it was all very familiar to me, was outstandingly so, not only appropriate to the time, but reflective of all my dreams and heartaches.
The acting was out of the park, the drama was real and heartfelt in a nuanced way, subtle yet pervasive throughout the film. I forgot I was watching a movie several times, the humor was not laugh out loud guffaw type humor, this humor was instead very human, but also very melancholy and often bittersweet, very much like life... I get this movie, it was like I was watching a movie reel of my own life that had some additional scenes and some different characters, but nevertheless, it was my life...I get this movie...I found it very entertaining, wasn't bored once.