Review of Great Balls of Fire! (1989) by Rita Kempley for Washington Post — 14 Dec 2014
Great Balls of Fire, like "La Bamba," is thin on the meaning of the life in question, but big on '50s Billboard nostalgia. It's lightweight archaeology, a bent American Bandstand biography. Something has slipped away from McBride, Quaid and Fields: the truth, the heart, the soul.
All that's left is the hip.
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This review of Great Balls of Fire! (1989) was written by Rita Kempley and published by Washington Post on 14 Dec 2014.
Great Balls of Fire! has generally received mixed reviews.
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