Biopic of the baby snatching piano basher from the bible belt - based on his third wife's (of seven) book. There are some excellent things in this movie - not least that the soundtrack is performed by the 54-y-o (at the time) Killer himself. Jerry Lee has few peers when it comes to boogie-woogie piano; it's just that 90 minutes is about as much as anyone can stand.
The recreation of the late 50's is almost believable thanks to the art, props and costume department, but unfortunately Dennis Quaid is doing an impression of 1940 screwball comic Danny Kaye in full flow all the time, not a man with immense talent but a conflicted personality. More and more annoyingly superficial as he goes on.
Many egregious factual errors, and the scenes in England (Peter Cook does a turn as a creepy journalist - btw there wasn't a crowd to greet him on arrival) are as two-dimensional as it's possible to be.
If you fancy 90 minutes of piano boogie, watch it with your eyes shut.
The recreation of the late 50's is almost believable thanks to the art, props and costume department, but unfortunately Dennis Quaid is doing an impression of 1940 screwball comic Danny Kaye in full flow all the time, not a man with immense talent but a conflicted personality. More and more annoyingly superficial as he goes on.
Many egregious factual errors, and the scenes in England (Peter Cook does a turn as a creepy journalist - btw there wasn't a crowd to greet him on arrival) are as two-dimensional as it's possible to be.
If you fancy 90 minutes of piano boogie, watch it with your eyes shut.