That Thing You Do!
The Fab Four without the Mop Tops
The Fab Four without the Mop Tops
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
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1996
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A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
108 min
Release date:
4 Oct 1996
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$26,000,000
Revenue:
$34,585,416
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 8 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
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.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
17 Dec 2007
fresh:
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.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
17 Dec 2007
fresh:
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
– Emanuel Levy,
Variety,
3 Jan 2007
fresh:
Sweet nothing, then, but what would you expect of a rock movie devoted to the drummer?
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Mr. Hanks's debut feature, written and directed with delightful good cheer, is rock-and-roll nostalgia presented as pure fizz.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003