Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

ThiefHott Too much of everything

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

catesa Shame on anybody who is trying to defend this absolute waste of studio money. Dennis Quaid - what happened, man? This movie sucks...real, real hard. The writing, the acting, the crappy lip-synching. I mean, is the story of Jerry Lee Lewis really worth telling? Ultra-fanatical bible belt redneck pianist marries his child cousin. Great - can I see a movie about someone interesting now? So sad that this is one of Trey Wilson's last acting jobs. That John Doe guy as Myra's dad was alright, though.

Rob Kowal It's hard to believe that this film at the time had Jerry Lee's blessing. (Although he later said he hated it.) He helped Quaid to learn his "pumping" piano style and Jerry Lee did the real singing much like Ray Charles did for "Ray". Quaid's performance is the worst of his career. He's nothing like Jerry Lee. Also Ryder looks too old to be his 13 y/o cousin. I think she was maybe 17 at the time. Now Waylon Payne in "Walk the Line" doing his own singing on "Lewis Boogie" coupled with his wonderful rant in the car about how they're all going to hell... That captured more of the real Jerry Lee Lewis spirit then this whole film. They should get Payne and do a new Jerry Lee movie.

headhunter46 What more could a viewer want? Great sounding music from the original Jerry Lee Lewis, pretty girls, handsome guys and cars. OH THE CARS! So many incredible cars from the fifty's in pristine condition. I watched it a second time just to hear the music and see the cars.This movie does a good job of portraying Jerry Lee and his life. Some may think it a bit overacted but Jerry Lee was an up front, over the type kind of guy in almost everything he did. It was his passion for the music. Like he wrote, "you're driving me crazy." And maybe he seemed a bit crazy to average folks but hey, he had soul and it wouldn't let him sit still. He had to move, to play it out and sing it as well. Some reviewers felt the scenes depicting his alcoholism and on stage outbursts were detrimental to the movie. In reality, artists with the passion of Jerry Lee have a burning drive within that pushes them to emotions the average person can usually control. Artists who have the pride and passion of Jerry find it most difficult to deal with setbacks because they are driven to excel. That is what makes them artists. Whether they be musicians, painters, sculptors, architects, etc. They are constantly pursuing ways to express what they think and feel. And sometimes they are crushed when others don't appreciate their efforts. They have above average skill at what they do and yet they are emotionally more fragile than the average John or Jane Doe. I rated 8of10 (which is high for me) because it takes a Lawrence of Arabia or a Gone With the Wind to get a 10 from me. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who likes the early rock and roll era music or someone who wants a bit of insight as to what it was like to be around back then.I found my version at Netflix....

martin lane The reviews and comments looking for a level headed and even keeled depiction of the Jerry Lee phenomenon (talk about oxymorons)would probably have been happier with a ploddingly sincere and safe little movie like "La Bamba" or "The Buddy Holly Story".Number one, Jerry Lee Lewis was not a "died too young" legend who can function as a convenient hook upon which to hang a sanitized and idealized (and "survivor approved") portrait of their too brief rise and tragic fall.Jerry Lee was an incredibly talented, vibrant, egotistical, foolhardy, sexy, and trouble prone MAN. He seemed poised and perfectly placed to fill the void left by "The King" when he was drafted...but life, love, and the prudishness of the era all intervened.Please do NOT blame this wonderful, and wonderfully well made film for the discomfort it's romance might STILL cause (It DOES NOT glorify taking a child bride...please watch Winona Ryder's astonishing, heartbreaking, brilliantly funny, utterly tragic perf...her best EVER)....Please don't slam it for capturing the broad, funny, sexy, and infuriating "Killer" so well that Jerry Lee flinched from the resemblance.This is an unrecognized classic...It deserves rediscovery...and should have made Ryder and the magnificent Quaid superstars!