Oh gosh, it's been ages since I've written anything here. Let's just call it a film lover hiatus that I went on and leave it at that. Last weekend, I went to see Clint Eastwood's "Jersey Boys". I'd never seen the musical on Broadway when I lived in NY but was always intrigued about the story and what it was all about. And let me just say - if you add in a musical/song singing concept into a film, I'm hooked!
I haven't experienced a Clint Eastwood film in a couple of years having boycotted him during his last film release of "Trouble With The Curve" when he was acting cray-cray during the last presidential election. I will note that one of my most fave Clint films is "Gran Torino", oh, and let's not forget "Million Dollar Baby". I love his filmmaking style as it is a little slower than normal allowing you to really marinate the scene and grab that emotional connection to the characters. So, let's get to it...
..."Jersey Boys" stars the amazing singer/actor John Lloyd Young, who btw, also starred in the broadway version as Frankie Valli (and he won a Tony for this role as well!). Rounding out The Four Seasons is Vincent Piazza "Tommy DeVito", Michael Lomenda "Nick Massi", and Erich Bergen "Bob Gaudio". And you'll see a short cameo of Clint's daughter, Francesca Eastwood, in one of the scenes as a cocktail waitress. It's a wonderful, entertaining story about the rise of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. I'm not into spoiler alerts so I will say no more but go see this film. It's purely entertaining and will make you become a fan of the famous Frankie Valli.
