Note: contains real life facts that can be construed as ***SPOILERS*** for those unfamiliar with this era.
If you love the swing era music, you will enjoy this movie. It's full of it. If you want to know what went on in the lives of the musicians, this movie has it. In fact, the musicians are the actors as well!
That's the major fault in this movie. Tommy and Jimmy are great performers, but are not actors. Though, some of the bitterness is very real. Tommy "Lightning Slide" Dorsey and Jimmy "Slow Burn" Dorsey did have a parting of the ways. This movie, really in tribute to their father, was filmed shortly after they reunited from their musical split. Still, even after that time they continued solo careers (Tommy faring a bit better than his brother Jimmy in that respect).
At the same time, the fact that the people are real is this movie's greatest strength. They can be a bit stiff with the acting part, but you know what they say is true to their hearts... Heck it was their lives.
If you love the swing era music, you will enjoy this movie. It's full of it. If you want to know what went on in the lives of the musicians, this movie has it. In fact, the musicians are the actors as well!
That's the major fault in this movie. Tommy and Jimmy are great performers, but are not actors. Though, some of the bitterness is very real. Tommy "Lightning Slide" Dorsey and Jimmy "Slow Burn" Dorsey did have a parting of the ways. This movie, really in tribute to their father, was filmed shortly after they reunited from their musical split. Still, even after that time they continued solo careers (Tommy faring a bit better than his brother Jimmy in that respect).
At the same time, the fact that the people are real is this movie's greatest strength. They can be a bit stiff with the acting part, but you know what they say is true to their hearts... Heck it was their lives.