Why do Fools Fall in Love
The movie traces the rise and fall of 1950s doo-wop singer Frankie Lymon and three women Zola Taylor; Elizabeth Waters, and Emira Eagle who each claim to be the widow of Frankie Lymon, claiming legal rights to his estate.
24 August 1949, East Chicago, Indiana, USA
21 January 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 August 1964, New York City, New York, USA
30 September 1952, New York City, New York, USA
10 October 1987, Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA
30 July 1964, South Bend, Indiana, USA
2 April 1949, Tacoma, Washington, USA
5 December 1932, Macon, Georgia, USA
16 March 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
28 August 1973, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
3 April 1975, Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 October 1962, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
2 September 1954, Tuba City, Arizona, USA
29 September 1974, The Bronx, New York, USA
April 03, 2005
Worth it for the music -- but only barely.
April 25, 2003
A celebration of pop fantasies, a boyish rascal with a helium voice, and three pretty fools who fell in love with him.
January 01, 2000
We get no discernible Frankie at all!
May 20, 2003
The biggest problem is the man at the center.
December 06, 2005
This biopic is soulless, underwritten, over-acted and, worse, just plain dull.
June 18, 2008
Too ill defined to emerge from the pack of box office also-rans.
June 18, 2002
A fresh, enlightening example of how to take a tragic American show-business story and make it funny, warm and terrifically entertaining.
April 09, 2005
Larenz Tate is terrific recreating the excitement of Frankie's stage presence.
January 01, 2000
Fails to bring anything new to what is rapidly becoming a genre unto itself (the 'talented but betrayed and flawed musical legend dead before their time' genre) making one wonder Why Did They Even Bother?
January 01, 2000
What made Frankie run? The movie clearly doesn't know.
January 01, 2000
A cop-out!
February 14, 2001
Though Nava's soapy directing style makes Fools watchable enough in a campy way, the film's unsophisticated nature undermines its better qualities.

