Davis P This movie really is very well made and is entertaining. Halle berry was great as Zola Taylor, she really had the persona and what Zola was like down pat. Vivica A. Fox was awesome too! She was so spirited and energetic in her role all throughout the film. The costume design was spot on throughout all the different time periods. Also, the script is very well written and thorough, it really showed the talent of the writers. This movie is funny, entertaining, dramatic when it wants to be, and is acted very very well! 8/10 for Why do fools fall in love. A great fun time! I would highly recommend and suggest this movie! I'm surprised this film did not win more awards than it ended up winning, I think the actors deserved more recognition for their great work in this Frankie Lymon story.

billcr12 Truth is stranger than fiction, and Frankie Lymon proved it with the life he lived. The title taken from the 1950s hit song, matches perfectly, the story told here. Lymon was only thirteen years old when he became a star. His career was over, five years, at the age of eighteen, and fell into heroin use, which killed him at twenty five; a sad life, indeed. Instead of focusing on the music, the film follows the court case of the three wives that Mr. Lymon left behind. Halle Berry, Lela Rochon, and Vivica A. Fox play the three women with style and humor. They are a singer, a schoolteacher, and a woman who became a prostitute to support Lymon. What an incredible story, with a funny script, good music, and solid acting from the three sexy and beautiful actresses, especially my personal favorite, Halle Berry. Worth watching for the soundtrack alone.

garytheroux It was true in the '50s and still is today: it's no exaggeration to state that most hitmaking careers are over in 18 months. Teen idols fare the worst, and such was the fate of Frankie Lymon, who scored but three Top 20 hits between February 1956 and the summer of 1957: "Why Do Fools Fall In Love," "I Want You To Be My Girl" (both with The Teenagers) and "Goody Goody" (as a soloist). After that, the industry and music buyers considered him to be yesterday's former fresh face. And, like most young teens who become overnight sensations, Frankie's firework-long popularity came to cripple him later as a) people would not accept him as anything other than a 13-year-old and b) he was utterly unprepared to cope with real life once his flash of fame had ended. An insightful peek into Frankie Lymon's mercurial life would have made a great movie -- but this isn't it. Instead, we get only a superficial look at Lymon, as the movie focuses instead on the three women who claimed to be his wife. Lymon does not deserve to be shoved into the background of his own biopic, especially as his story is representative of the rise and fall of many flash-in-the-pan artists who find themselves revered by the public one minute and then dumped into history's ashcan the next -- often before they really reach the summit of their skills. (Believe me -- as the writer of "The History Of Rock 'n' Roll," I know this all too well.) The three women battling over his estate were more a footnote to his story than the real drama and far too much time is allocated to letting the three female leads each take a star turn. Yes, Zola Taylor was the best-known of the three, but she is portrayed following her run with The Platters as an in-the-money solo star headlining live shows with her giant hit "Only You." Are the producers kidding? Zola Taylor didn't even JOIN The Platters until AFTER "Only You" had become a million-seller! The Platters scored big as the most successful hitmaking singing group of the late '50s (1955-9), despite the fact that the "group" was really lead vocalist Tony Williams -- with the others as mere background singers. (What were The Doors, for example, without Jim Morrison?) Zola only sang lead on a couple of minor Platters chart items -- and after leaving the act, immediately sank into near total obscurity. The Platters' golden era ended in 1960 after Tony left on his ill-fated solo career. (I explored this in great detail while assembling a 60-track Platters career retrospective 3-CD box set.) None of The Platters really made much money at all -- as they were mere salaried employees of their manager, Buck Ram. Ram wrote much of their material, told them what to sing and how, produced their records, owned The Platters' name and (no surprise) kept nearly all of the loot himself. The portrayal of Morris Levy, who owned several labels including Gee (the recording home of Lymon and The Teenagers) was pretty accurate. Not all record labels screwed artists as thoroughly as Levy's did, but his methods were none too unusual for the time. In fact, they're not much different than what the industry does today!

DunnDeeDaGreat Why Do Fools Fall In Love is one of my favortie music movies next to Sparkle and The Five Heartbeats. Larenz Tate is great as Frankie Lymon although the film isn't really his, it's more the story of his wives. Played three fine black actresses. The music, settings and direction are all every good. If you wanna have a good time chekc this one out.