For the Most Part - Jersey Boys Sings!

Rating: 8/10 (6 July 2014)

Director Clint Eastwood employs the technique of characters talking directly to the camera at times during "Jersey Boys" - The story of musical group Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, based on the Broadway Show "Jersey Boys". I don't know if the same technique is employed in the Broadway show. The acting performances by all four main players are good – John Lloyd Young as Valli, Vincent Piazza as Tommy Devito, Michael Lomenda a Nick Massi, and Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio. Christopher Walken also does well is his supporting role as Mob Boss Gyp DeCarlo. The first half of the Movie is really good. The second half dips a little, and then turns dark understandably. Usually when the technique of talking to the camera is employed, it is one character. In "Jersey Boys" the 3 other members of the group to Valli narrate at different points, with only Young talking during a Final Sequence at the end. It becomes Valli's story alone during most of the last 3rd of the movie, while it seemed to be the story of all of them prior, though mostly Devito and Valli, which makes using the multiple narrators slightly odd. Overall – an entertaining movie – 3 1/4 out of 4 Stars.