Why Do Fools Fall In Love

1998 • 115 minutes
4.6
185 reviews
52%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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When pop legend Frankie Lymon died, he left behind a string of hit records ... and a string of ex-wives. The three women claiming to be his wife go to court to settle their bitter dispute over Lymon's financial and musical legacy, revealing their tumultuous lives with the complex Lymon. All-star cast includes Larenz Tate ("Love Jones," "Dead Presidents"), Halle Berry ("Bulworth," "Executive Decision"), Vivica Fox ("Soul Food," "Independence Day"), Lela Rochon ("Waiting to Exhale," "The Big Hit"), Paul Mazursky ("Love Affair," "Carlito's Way") and Alexis Cruz ("Stargate"). With rock'n'roller Little Richard and a pulsating soundtrack of classic Lymon songs. USA Today gives it three stars.
Rating
R

Ratings and reviews

4.6
185 reviews
Jean Luc Pressoir
July 21, 2020
This movie is the best classic biographical film ever made Larenz Tate is talented with a lot of gifted being awesome actor to look up as an inspiration. Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, and Lela Rochon are the finest, sexy women played as 3 widowed women Zola Taylor, Elizabeth Waters, and Emira Eagle who were married with the one and only Frankie Lymon, an rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer and songwriter. The film highlights the three women in his life, each of whom claim to have married Frankie Lymon and lay claim to his estate. The film also traces the rise and fall of Frankie Lymon, started a solo singing career, but it all fell apart, and his career was over by the time he was 18 years old.
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Marisa Davis
August 8, 2014
Tell me whyyyyyyyy but it's a shame he wasted his life on drugs and overdose he was so young age 25 but larenz Tate played Frankie lymon ,larenz Tate is so FINE and so was the real frankie
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Ana-Alicia Henry
March 20, 2016
I am 12 years old, and my mom let me watch this movie. Larenz Tate is really cute, and when I seen this film, I thought he was the real Frankie Lymon. Really good acting, and I will never get tired of watching it. My favorite songs in the movie were "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", and "Goody Goody".
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