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Dominican Rep. Great Balls of Fire!
5,357
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"[It] tries hard to re-create the euphoria of 50s rock films, but the poor-white milieu is treated with such crude derision that all the characters wind up seeming like two-dimensional geeks." | NEG |
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"It is loaded with terrific music and outrageous fun" | POS |
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"What's missing most conspicuously from Great Balls of Fire is an interest in the historical and cultural context that made Lewis' career possible (...) McBride treats the '50s as a joke" | NEU |
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"Rock ‘n’ roll and its legendary characters have always been a tempting subject for filmmakers, but rare is the non-documentary that adds anything to the music. Great Balls of Fire! is no exception." | NEG |
United Kingdom |
Time Out | "The trouble with this biopic is that it attempts to convey too many aspects of the Jerry Lee Lewis legend" | NEU |
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