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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.
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Sunny. That thing you do. A more accurate picture of the sixties, than all the other movies about the sixties, combined. Perfectly captures that 60's teen longing to get away from home, to be seen, to play rock music, and to have a beautiful female friend who enjoys hanging out with you.
Brilliantly acted by a still maturing cast ensemble, witty dialogue, it's got it all. If you want to see something that with touch you and give you a buzz but you don't want to be assailed by profanity, violence, or sexuality - That Thing You Do! is the movie for you.
- The Characters Are Better Developed
- The Humor Is More Adult
- Certain Scenes Make More Sense
- It's A More Complete Story
A huge portion of the cut footage from That Thing You Do! is a lot of deleted and extended moments with the film's characters, especially our lead protagonist, Guy Patterson (Tom Everett Scott). While the existing cut does a fine job of showing the friction Guy has with both his family and Tina (Charlize Theron), his girlfriend at the beginning of ...
In its theatrical incarnation, That Thing You Do! is as harmless as the 60's pop music it crafted a full soundtrack's worth of material mimicking. While the extended cut doesn't go full R-rated with its humor, there is more of a mature bent on the material, and in a couple instances, the love lives of our characters are given more detail. For insta...
Much like the cherry popping gag previously mentioned, there are other scenes in That Thing You Do'sextended cut that make much more sense after being extended. A perfect example lies in Kevin Pollak's cameo as Victor "Boss Vic Koss" Kozlovich, which is a quick in-and-out affair in the theatrical cut. If you're looking for redemption for the Boss a...
Put everything we've told you together, and what do you get? A film that's not just a story of a young band's rise and fall to one hit wonder-dom, but also a time capsule of living as a teen in the 60's. If That Thing You Do!was a really good hamburger and fries in its theatrical cut, then the extended cut is a prime rib with whipped potatoes, and ...
Oct 4, 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 quick rise to fame, and just as quick demise, of a small-town rock band.
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A sweet, likeable tale of the quick rise to fame and then demise of a small town band. Set in 1964, Hanks' film offers a sanitized, Gump-ish look at a mythical period when boys were boys and girls...
What's remarkable about That Thing You Do! is that this unremarkable remake of the Beatles story is what writer and director Tom Hanks chose to do with the political capital he amassed in blockbusters like Apollo 13 and Forrest Gump. It's an oddly wholesome and lackluster choice.
Oct 1, 2021 · Twenty-five years later, That Thing You Do! remains a feel-good classic. It birthed a recently awarded platinum soundtrack, a movie production company, and a lasting bond among its primary cast...
