Eastwood’s ‘Jersey Boys’ overstuffed but melodic

Capsule reviews of this week’s video releases, on DVD and Blu-ray, including special features:

• “Jersey Boys” (R, 134 minutes, Warner): John Lloyd Young reprises his Tony Award-winning portrayal of legendary Frankie Valli, lead singer of The Four Seasons, in this Clint Eastwood film. The movie, like the play, overstuffs the plot. Overall though, fans of the play will be pleased. And for those who love the Four Seasons’ music but haven’t made it to the play, you can put your fear of missing out to rest. Contains profane language. Extras include “Oh, What a Night to Remember” featurette. Also, on Blu-ray: “From Broadway to the Big Screen” making-of short and a “Too Good to Be True” featurette.

• “Tammy” (R, 96 minutes, Warner): Tammy, Melissa McCarthy’s character, is a graceless, obnoxious, thoroughly unpleasant young woman who gets fired from her fast-food job and returns home to discover that her husband is having an affair; this sends her on a road trip to Niagara Falls with her grandmother, who, for reasons known only to heaven above and the good people of United Talent Agency, is played by Susan Sarandon, decked out in a curly gray wig and prosthetically swollen ankles. Contains language including sexual references. Extras include a gag reel. Also, on Blu-ray: extended cut, “Tammy’s Road Trip Checklist” and deleted scenes.

• “How to Train Your Dragon 2” (PG, 102 minutes, DreamWorks/Fox): The second chapter of the animated “How to Train Your Dragon” trilogy is brimming with action while remaining mercifully straightforward. The undoing of many a sequel lies in its insistence on introducing multiple enemies to up the ante. There’s none of that here. Meanwhile, the movie tackles themes of growing up and finding independence; coming to terms with one’s heritage; forgiveness; and how to properly care for a pet. Contains adventure action and some mild rude humor. Extras include “Dawn of the Dragon Racers” animated short, “Fishleg’s Dragon Stats” (a guide to the film’s fire-breathing beasts) and music videos. Also, on Blu-ray: commentary by writer-director Dean DeBlois, producer Bonnie Arnold, art director Pierre-Olivier Vincent and animator Simon Otto; a 60-minute making-of featurette; deleted and extended scenes; and featurettes covering Drago’s creatures and high-tech weapons, “Berk’s Dragon World” stable and “Hiccup’s Inventions in Flight.”

• “Let’s Be Cops” (R, 104 minutes, Fox): This stinker depends for laughs on tired bits involving kids swearing, and sustains the audience’s interest with excuses to ogle shapely women dancing provocatively in bars or, in one unsavory instance, on her own skankily disheveled couch. Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans are gifted comic performers but are given way too little to do in a film that wends its way from set piece to set piece, not with antic glee but desultory and-then-this-happens randomness. Contains profanity, including sexual references, graphic nudity, violence and drug use.

Also

“Mood Indigo” (directed by Michel Gondry, of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “The Science of Sleep,” and starring Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou, two of the most likeable French stars working today), “I Am Ali” (documentary on heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali), “Happy Christmas” (with Anna Kendrick and Melanie Lynskey), “Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story” (documentary on the transition of former Navy SEAL Christopher Beck to a transgender woman, Kristin Beck), “Drive Hard” (with John Cusack and Thomas Jane), “Lost Christmas” (British family film, with Eddie Izzard), “Abuse of Weakness” (France), “Once Upon a Time in Queens” (original title “Last I Heard,” with Paul Sorvino, Michael Rapaport), “I Am Santa Claus” (year-in-the-life documentary on five professional Santas), “Batman 25th Anniversary” (1989, two-disc set), “Queens of the Ring” (France), “Iceman” (Hong Kong), “The Shooting/Ride in the Whirlwind” (1966 double feature from American director Monte Hellman, The Criterion Collection), “Portrait of Jason” (1967, Milestone), “Ornette: Made in America!” (1986, Milestone), “Liberty: Heroes of the American Revolution” (history documentaries anthology), “Betrayal,” “Dear Secret Santa” (made for TV), “Covert Operation” (action film with world karate champion Seydina Balde) and “Bing Crosby: The Silver Screen Collection.”

Television series

“Batman: The Complete TV Series” (1966-68), “True Blood: Seventh Season” (HBO), “Barney: This Is How I Feel,” “Ancient Aliens: Seasons 1-6” (2009-14, 23-disc set), “Duck Dynasty: Duck the Halls,” “Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution: Season Three,” “The Avengers: Season 5,” “Sons of Anarchy: The Collector’s Set” (seasons 1-6), “Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions” (last 13 episodes) and “The Twilight Zone: The 5th Dimension Limited Edition Box Set” (41-DVD set covers the series from 1959-1964 and 1985-1989).