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Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Directed by
Gregory Nava
R
1998
1h 56m
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6.4
54%
76%
6.4
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Three women each claim to be the widow of 1950s doo-wop singer Frankie Lymon, claiming legal rights to his estate.
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Cast of Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Larenz Tate
Frankie Lymon
Halle Berry
Zola Taylor
Vivica A. Fox
Elizabeth 'Mickey' Waters
Lela Rochon
Emira Eagle
Pamela Reed
Judge Lambrey
Clifton Powell
Lawrence Roberts
Paul Mazursky
Morris Levy
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Young Little Richard
James Gleason
Stage Manager
Ben Vereen
Richard Barrett
Paula Jai Parker
Paula King
Little Richard
Himself
Miya McGhee
Girl Group Singer
Aries Spears
Redd Foxx
Alexis Cruz
Herman Santiago
David Barry Gray
Peter Markowitz
Marcello Thedford
Drug Dealer
Jon Huertas
Joe Negroni
Craig Kirkwood
Eddie Williams
Lucille M. Oliver
Linda
Why Do Fools Fall in Love Ratings & Reviews
AV Club
Keith Phipps
Why Do Fools Fall In Love never really conveys the essence of its subject.
CNN.com
Paul Tatara
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" is a misfire in several ways, but the key problem is that the writers have a clunky, concrete Christmas tree, not something thematic that can be used to devise scenes of various shades and colors.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Too ill defined to emerge from the pack of box office also-rans.
Film Threat
Dave McCoy
This biopic is soulless, underwritten, over-acted and, worse, just plain dull.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
A fresh, enlightening example of how to take a tragic American show-business story and make it funny, warm and terrifically entertaining.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Though Nava's soapy directing style makes Fools watchable enough in a campy way, the film's unsophisticated nature undermines its better qualities.
Detroit News
Susan Stark
Frankly, the film would have been much better off if it had tried to be only a biography of Lymon.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
We get no discernible Frankie at all!
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What made Frankie run? The movie clearly doesn't know.
Austin Chronicle
Russell Smith
The movie takes flight like a balloon that's jettisoned a few hundred pounds of damp sandbags.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
A dull and frustrating movie.
Houston Chronicle
Jeff Millar
Foolproof fun!
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Jampacked with rock glamour and exploitation, joy and horror, that keeps showing its subject at different angles, through different eyes.
New York Times
Lawrence Van Gelder
Lymon's career may have been short and sad, but Why Do Fools Fall in Love finds the melodrama of his life in the exciting music of his time and the tumult of his romances.
San Jose Mercury News
Smart, quirky love story.
Denver Post
A standout performance by Vivica A. Fox and Leranze Tate!
USA Today
Entertaining and nostalgically moving!
Boston Globe
Filled with color and energy!
Dallas Morning News
The musical numbers are outstanding! Mr. Tate turns Frankie's showmanship into an expression of bold kinetic energy!
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