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The Five Heartbeats (1991) This movie has two or more women, but they never speak to one another. This movie has two or more women, but they never speak to one another.

The Five Heartbeats has a Bechdel rating of 1/3. That means this movie has two women in it, but they don't even talk to one another.

Imdb Rating

7.6 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes User Meter

95 / 100

Runtime

121 minutes

Parental Rating

R

Genre

Drama Music

Plot

The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.

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