It's the biographical rags-to-riches story of the popular 60's helium-voiced pop-rock act The Four Seasons, an era smack in the middle of the end of Sinatra and the beginning of The Beatles which most folk are not all that familiar with. By breaking the fourth wall, the film wisely skips over the moments in the story we've all become too familiar with from other stories in these bio-films and explores some more interesting points in their career such as severe money problems and tie-ins with the mob. It's cast to perfection with a host of relatively unknown faces, with the exception of the scene-stealing Christopher Walken who is still entertaining in even the shittiest of movies. It's never particularly flashy or loud but it's modest enough to enjoy without ever getting particularly excited or too involved. In short, it's a not a great film but a pleasing good one.
3 heavy safes out of 5
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