The Five Heartbeats R

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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 1 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: January 10, 2006
  • Originally Released: 1991
  • Label: 20th Century Fox

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 19,038
Rating: 3/5 -- An underrated drama about the ups and downs of a Temptations-like r&b group with solid acting and fine music. If you haven't seen it, rent it. It's worth it.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Oct 20, 2004
Rating: 2/5 -- The rise and fall of a flashy, fictional 1960s rock group. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Feb 22, 2011
Rating: 3/4 -- This is not only a biography with music, but also a thoughtful look at the way five young men from a poor but nurturing black neighborhood find success, and deal with it. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 1, 2000
...Musically, THE FIVE HEARTBEATS is on target all the way. It's hard to remember a recent film that had so many warm-hearted, rousing, big-souled song numbers...
Los Angeles Times
Mar 29, 1991
Rating: 2/5 -- The charitable might be tempted to describe The Five Heartbeats as wholesome and well-intentioned -- but so is a 6-year-old who just crayon-scrawled "I love cookies" on the living room wall. Full Review
DVDTalk.com
Feb 5, 2006
Rating: 1/4 -- A once or future 'VH1 movie that rocks.' Full Review
Film Freak Central
Mar 1, 2002
Robert Townsend co-wrote, directed and stars in the film, one whose sincerity does a lot to cover the amateurishness with which the film was made. Full Review
Baltimore Sun
Aug 16, 2017

Product Description:

Actor-director Robert Townsend came to fame depicting the pitfalls of the Hollywood experience for black actors with his 1987 film HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE. Four years later, he took on the mid-'60s music scene with THE FIVE HEARTBEATS. After doing extensive research with long-lived pop/R&B group the Dells, he painted a cinematic scene of five young friends in the 60s who share the dream of making music. They journey together through three decades, experiencing all the ups and downs show business had to offer, intensified by the difficulties faces by black acts in the era of civil-rights protest. Interacting as everything from a close-knit musical family to occasional bitter rivals, the fictional Five Heartbeats experience both success and tragedy in this excellent film. The multi-talented Townshend functions as both director and star, alongside compelling performances by a cast that includes Leon and Diahann Caroll. Featuring a mix of original songs and classic Motown material, THE FIVE HEARTBEATS is an irresistible combination of music and drama that captures a unique period in American cultural history.

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Is There A Heart In The House Tonight! Movie Lover: from Zanadu -- February, 12, 2008

One of my favorite flicks of all-times! "The Five Heartbeats has everything in a movie that I love: family, friendship,stuggle,success, conflict and redemption. Oh, and a slammin' soundtrack!! No doubt that you will love this crowd pleaser of a movie. Favorite line from the movie: When lead singer "Eddie" falls from grace, is replaced in the group and meets back up with his estranged band mates. "...Cain't NOBODY Sang, like EDDIE KING JR.!!!!"


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  • Sales Rank: 17,308
  • UPC: 024543225270
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