60`s nostalgia at its best

Rating: Null/10 (23 October 1999)

One of the hardest things for writer/director Hanks whilst making this movie, must have been creating a nostalgic, brilliant, original song to base around the movie. He did just that. The title song could easily have fitted in place in the 60`s charts. Featuring a starring cast of relative unknowns, it charts the rise and fall of "one hit wonder" pop band, "The Wonders", on their quest for global domination in 1964. The bands music takes a new direction when drummer Guy (Tom Everett Scott) joins the band, to fill in for the previous "guy" who managed to break his arm. Guy`s upbeat attitude provides the spark they need, giving them a #7 hit single, television and radio recognition, adoring girls, and a trustworthy manager in the form of Tom Hanks. Relationships in the a band deteriorate, and so the story goes.
Backed up by some great music, and featuring all those 60`s cliches, its a sensitive and enjoyable look at life through the eyes of an up and coming pop band in the 60`s.