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Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Summary: Three women each claim to be the widow of 1950s doo-wop singer Frankie Lymon, claiming legal rights to his estate.
Runtime: 1 h 56 min
MPAA: 14A
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 12,461,773
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| Message | Don't use drugs. Some talented celebrities fall out of the spotlight, especially if they use drugs. People under the influence do terrible things. |
| Role model | Frankie was a talented singer, dancer, and songwriter, but he got involved in drugs and his career disappeared. |
| Violence | A drunk and angry Frankie holds his wife's dog out the window, then drops the dog to its death. A dealer beats Frankie up for non-payment. He draws a knife but doesn't use it. Two women have a fight near a pool, which is played for comedy. MPs arrest Frankie for being AWOL from the army. A father is described as beating his children and wife. 1950s racism is illustrated when a group of black singers enter a Chicago diner filled with hostile white people. A drug addict destroys his girlfriend's house looking for money. A man punches a mirror. Frankie is seen applying a tourniquet to his arm, presumably to inject heroin. He then slumps over and dies. |
| Sex | Adults are seen making love. A glimpse of a woman's breast is seen from the side. A woman makes extra money as a streetwalker to help pay for her addict husband's expensive rehab. A man's erection is referred to as the "rock of Gibraltar." |
| Language | "F--k," "s--t," "ass," "butt," "bitch," "piss," and "pee." |
| Drugs | Adults smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and use drugs. A man, in and out of rehab, succumbs to heroin use. |