Jersey Boys

"Each band member takes turns narrating the four acts of Broadway adaptation Jersey Boys - the story of 1960’s pop hit machines Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Vincent Piazza (Boardwalk Empire) as the group’s guitarist and ringleader Tommy DeVito provides the perfect introduction to proceedings. The man responsible for drawing a naïve teenage Frankie (played by golden-voiced Broadway original John Lloyd-Young) into the world of fenced goods, loose women and eventually his pop band, Piazza’s GoodfellasJersey swagger promises a rambunctious, zinger-filled picture."

"The relative dearth of prominent musical performances turns what could have been a dancing-in-the-aisles romp into a bit of a slog."

"A strange movie, and it's a Clint Eastwood enterprise, both reasons to see it."

"A somewhat plodding but still sporadically entertaining affair."

"Between the high-gloss, desaturated prestige-picture look of the film and the visibly fakey soundstage sets of the Jersey boys' hometown... feels plastic and artificial throughout."

"Solid and entertaining, but right at the end it all comes together in a moment of imaginative flight."

"A dash of showbiz pizzazz has been lost but some welcome emotional depth has been gained."

"It's entertaining musical biopic territory but rarely steps out of anything but caricature."