Perfectly done

Rating: 10/10 (5 March 2006)

It seems that most actors and actresses eventually want to direct movies, but when they do, there's always suspicion that it might be little more than a publicity stunt. Well, I can say that Tom Hanks's directorial debut was very good. Portraying a 1960's rock 'n' roll group's rise to fame, "That Thing Do You!" makes one truly nostalgic, even if you didn't live through that era (I was born long after the '60's had ended). Obviously, the band portrayed is loosely based on the Beatles, but that's no crime. It's a very cool movie. Even more interesting is that I now know that it was one of Charlize Theron's early movies: she plays the Guy Patterson's (Tom Everett Scott) first hubby. Within a decade of course, she became the first person from Africa to win an Oscar. Liv Tyler also showed the same flair that she would bring to later movies. All in all, really neat.