Review of Great Balls of Fire! (1989) by Eve Zibart for Washington Post — 18 May 2010
The acting is superb. Quaid, who practiced piano 12 hours a day (Lewis dubbed the vocals), has Lewis's megalomaniacal theatricality and perverse ignorance down perfectly, and his white-trash accent as well.
Winona Ryder turns in a stunning performance as Myra, not only looking but feeling 13. And X frontman John Doe is quietly pathetic as Myra's father and Lewis's long-suffering sideman (along with guitarist Jimmie Vaughn and drummer Mojo Nixon).
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This review of Great Balls of Fire! (1989) was written by Eve Zibart and published by Washington Post on 18 May 2010.
Great Balls of Fire! has generally received mixed reviews.
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