What can we say about this offensively misconceived slice of Jerry Lee Lewis's late-'50s life, one that casts his "relationship" (ugh) with his 13-year-old cousin (blerf) as a quirkumstance of romantical fate? Well, we can say cocaine was involved; we can wonder if the estate of Foghorn Leghorn sued Dennis Quaid's performance for copyright infringement; and we can admire Winona Ryder's performance as Myra Gale while thinking it makes the story immeasurably ickier. On a scale of one to Hasselhoff, we give DQ's effort a (NC-)17, but very little about this bowdlerization of Myra Gale's memoir works. Also, "Alec Baldwin as Jimmy Swaggart." MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVER'BUDDEH!
Overall score: 3
QQQ score: 3
SHOW NOTES
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Can YOU get past the first 27 seconds of The Dennissance (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dennissance/id1503394153)?
Roger Ebert's review (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-balls-of-fire-1989)
Rita Kempley's review (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/greatballsoffirepg13kempley_a09fca.htm)
William Poundstone explains how Copperfield disappeared the Statue of Liberty in Bigger Secrets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Secrets)
