That Thing You Do! Reviews

'That Thing You Do!' has an air of nostalgia and likeable characters that make us believe their story and their time, and a strong narrative backbeat to power this light musical comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

Tom Hanks directorial effort is a decent film overall, but nothing that would ever inspire to re-visit again and again with fondness.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

Sweet, sleepy take on flash-in-the-pan '60s band.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

A movie as catchy and likable as the title song.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

Whereas Dances With Wolves was an epic cultural tract, That Thing You Do! is a piece of entertaining bubblegum which, like its director, making his feature directorial debut, is high on charm and style.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Though Hanks keeps the satirical and critical aspects of this look at show biz fairly light, there's a lot of conviction and savvy behind the steadiness of his gaze.

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A barely there-tale of rock 'n' roll dreams, driven by the infectious title tune.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

First-time writer/director Tom Hanks stays about a half-beat ahead of the cliches with rim shots of boyish enthusiasm and deft comedy. The movie's also buoyed by the title song, whose Beatles sound is infectious enough to merit a real hit.

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An undeniably delightful film. It makes you smile and want to dance, and (for better or worse) it's titular theme song won't leave your head for days.

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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 were girls, with no references to the sex-drug subculture

Full Review | Original Score: B

Sweet nothing, then, but what would you expect of a rock movie devoted to the drummer?

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A simple, rather sweet and uncomplicated, rock and roll fable.

Full Review | Original Score: B

With its exuberant tempo and danceable Beatlesque theme song, That Thing You Do will win the hearts of a broad audience.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

Uma história simples, contada de maneira também simples, que acaba agradando por suas boas intenções.

| Original Score: 3/5

Hanks sacrificed character complexity, but at least some period details are right.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

An amusing directorial debut by Hanks

| Original Score: 4/5

Short on substance but long on charm, That Thing You Do! is a lively, entertaining fable about a makeshift rock 'n' roll band that enjoys a brief moment of fame in the summer of 1964.

| Original Score: 3/4

Mr. Hanks's debut feature, written and directed with delightful good cheer, is rock-and-roll nostalgia presented as pure fizz.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Tom Hanks' writing-directing debut is a sweet valentine to rock 'n' roll.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

A romantic romp as sweet and bubbly as a Coke float.

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