I Loved the 4 Seasons -- the Movie is a Disaster

Rating: 4/10 (18 January 2019)

Before I go into why I disliked this film, let me say that I was, and still am, a big fan of the 4 Seasons. I collected everything they did together up until 1970. This film does no justice to who they were, where they came from or how they sounded. The dude playing Valli is actually embarrassing to listen to. He sounds more like Jerry Lewis than Frankie Valli. The others are mere caricatures, and out of their league as far as acting is concerned.
The songs are NOTHING like they ought to sound, and so grating to listen to that the whole mess should have been dubbed. Historically speaking, I have to ask, was there anyone during this fiasco of a production that had ever heard of continuity? For instance, near the beginning when the setting is the VERY early 1950s, a girl complains she wants to go to the movies to see The Blob, which didn't come out until 1958. And that's just the beginning. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is presented as being introduced in 1970 when it actually was a monster hit in 1967. And when I heard Valli singing "My Eyes Adored You" to his little girl, I want to scream. It was way out of sync with the timeline, and in fact came out AFTER Can't Take My Eyes Off You.
Eastwood's directing on this turkey is wooden, as though he phoned his direction in while he stayed in bed. In short, if you truly loved the music of The Four Seasons, avoid this mish-mash of a movie.