Review of Great Balls of Fire! (1989) by Sadie A — 17 Jun 2007

This movie is about Jerry "the Killer" Lee Lewis. Dennis Quaid does an amazing job portraying Jerry Lee. It is a great movie!

This review of Great Balls of Fire! (1989) was written by Sadie A on 17 Jun 2007.

Great Balls of Fire! has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Lee M (4,001) on 04 Jan 2018

Fire is a fascinating, often terribly compelling failure. Much like Lewis's life, I suppose…

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By Mariebella C (299) on 28 Mar 2013

Its so campy but you can tell the actors are having a good time especially dennis quaid as the larger than life jerry lee lewis…

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Until its last ten minutes or so, this filmed biography of controversial recording star Jerry Lee Lewis plays like a live-action cartoon…

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By Bruno L (623) on 09 Nov 2010

Awesome movie about the singer Jerry Lee Lewis. Dennis Quaid went nuts playing the piano. Winona Ryder was also good…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 13 Jun 2017

Lewis’s vintage rock is still cause for cheering. Too bad the movie that contains these Killer sounds never rises above a whimper…

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Rock'n'Roll has given us many great movies, but if I had to choose, this is the ONE! Brilliant…

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By Hillary D (258) on 08 Jun 2012

Jerry lewis was a sick twisted wierdo who married his cousin (twice removed)…

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Great Balls of Fire gives us a Jerry Lee Lewis who has been sanitized, popularized and lobotomized…

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By Jake S (662) on 04 Dec 2013

Not a bad film.. hard to take his love affair with his 13 yr old 2nd cousin but quite enjoyable fun film Dennis Quaid does a pretty convincing Jerry…

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By Peyton P (22) on 17 Jul 2017

This is the best movie I have ever seen it's super entertaining and it captures Jerrys life perfectly…

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