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- “That Thing You Do!” is the first film written and directed by Tom Hanks, and not surprisingly it is as sunny and guileless as many of the characters he’s played: The movie may be inconsequential, but in some ways that’s a strength. Without hauling in a lot of deep meanings, it remembers with great warmth a time and a place.
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A light, sweet, and thoroughly entertaining debut for director Tom Hanks, That Thing You Do! makes up in charm what it lacks in complexity. Read Critics Reviews
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- Tom Hanks
- PG
- Tom Everett Scott
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 94% based on reviews from 62 critics, with an average rating of 7.30/10. The site's consensus reads, "A light, sweet, and thoroughly entertaining debut for director Tom Hanks, That Thing You Do! makes up in charm what it lacks in complexity". [13]
Oct 4, 1996 · That Thing You Do! is neither overly sentimental nor overly cynical. It looks at the invention of our pop-rock mythology, and the bands that fed it until they were consumed by it, just as you'd expect Tom Hanks to: with open eyes (and a raised eyebrow).
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- Tom Hanks
- PG
- Tom Hanks
That Thing You Do!: Directed by Tom Hanks. With Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn. A local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.
- (74K)
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Tom Hanks
- 1996-10-04
For a film about rivalry, recriminations, and the allure of success, That Thing You Do! is a sweet, charming, humorous look at how far people are willing to go for success and how difficult...
Sep 23, 1996 · Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks follows the path of other accomplished actors of his generation as debutant filmmaker of "That Thing You Do!," an immensely likable, sweet-natured tale of the...
