Good movie; entertaining.

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2014)

This movie is not great but it is certainly good. As a discography of the work of the Four Seasons, the movie is fabulous. But as a biopic about four guys from New Jersey, the movie comes close to hitting the target but somehow misses the mark. Unlike the music, which is substantive, the portrayals of the musicians themselves at times come off as corny and contrived, with lots of cheesy acting, which is too bad for the movie since their personal stories seem actually quite interesting. Although they had personal issues, the Four Seasons were first and foremost creative artists who developed a style of music that the public liked. However, instead of going with the upbeat music, the movie plays up the bickering and quarreling within the group, which seems petty and undramatic when compared to the success they achieved as musicians. The story of the Four Seasons is their music, thus, for that reason alone the movie is worth watching.