Five Heartbeats, The (1991) Review
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116 min – Drama | Music
In the early 1960's, a quintet of hopeful young African American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improve, turn pro, and rise to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way
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Robert Townsend's "The Five Heartbeats" takes the notion of a musical biopic one step further than usual. His movie is not only the rags-to-riches story of a group of guys from the ...read the complete Five Heartbeats, The review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
No one -- his immediate family members excluded -- will accuse Robert Townsend of being a master filmmaker. But as a performer, he's immensely likable. His face seems perpetually poised for comedy, ready to explode, light up or just plain mug. Even in ...read the complete Five Heartbeats, The review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
...read the complete Five Heartbeats, The review at Washington Post (Hal Hinson)
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This movie goes on my favorite movies list, I'm a big fan of Leon and whoever the other guy is whoplays Eddid Kane. Great movie! read more »
a journey into the life of 5 great musicians making it big.. tempted by drugs money and girls triumph to remember who there were and where they came... read more »
One of the most moving films I've ever seen, and not many professional movie critics have seen more than I have. I qualified myself "white guy" to... read more »
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