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Best movie ever!
Roy Hart
If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Bob
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
msidii
I loved the Five Heartbeats! I have watched it so many times. I have it on VHS and DVD. I thought they did a wonderful job in this movie. The actors did such a wonderful job that I thought they were actually singing. They really did a good job on the acting! The songs were really good. Everyone I talked to liked this movie. I am ready for the Marvin Gaye story. Come on Robert and Keenan.Please make some more films about the music when singers could sing and the songs made you move. This was a refreshing story and I knew it was about the Dells, Temptations and others. Robert and Keenan, thank you for a movie that I enjoy watching over and over. Excellent job!
david_dellpiero
When I saw this movie the first time I was surprised in the end how a musical movie went straight into my heart so quickly. The soundtrack i superb and the acting i very good, especially Eddie King Jr makes a strong impression with his strong acting and a broken past. This movie shows you the strong relationship between the band members and how they struggle to survive in the music business that isn't always a road to glory. The movie ends in a great way that i memorable for a very long time. The director has done a great work, this is a movie for all soul music lovers, if you missed it try to get a hand on this movie, you won't be disappointed.
r-porter
This movie was almost too much like the Committments and That Thing You Do and that wonderful mini series about the Temptations. But is was only "almost". It was wonderful on it's own. Robert Townsend is wonderful. I really came to care about these characters and what was going to happen to them. There was a lot of really good music as well. One wonderful surprise was the singing of the little sister of one of the lead characters. I could not believe her voice! In fact, there was seldom a wrong note. The only reason I didn't give it a 10 is that it was really stretching in places for credibility. However, it was really entertaining overall.
LARRYLOVE711
To the guy who questioned the racism in the movie.... you need to do a little homework, cause that was all truth. Although the movie was a fictionalized account, the racist elements shown were very much true.The idea that it couldn't have taken place in the "60's", of all possible timeframes, is absurd and quite ludicrous. All of the major black acts from the 60's were subject to racism where they were treated poorly when off stage. ALL used the service entrance, or kitchen, to enter the venue in which they played. I'm talking Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, the temptations, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Jackie Wilson, Stevie Wonder.... you name 'em.The practice of fronting songs recorded by blacks with white groups was commonplace in the 50's-60's. Unfortunately, many racist whites didn't want their music to have a black face on it.Do your homework prior to debunking historical fact.The movie is THE all time music themed rags-to-riches film ever made.
