Great fun!...very therapeutic for this 60s teen band member.

Rating: Null/10 (6 February 2000)

Saw That Thing You Do! for the first time during Christmas of '99...sorry I missed it in the theaters in '96. Thank you Tom Hanks for a masterpiece of fun, joy, and great era music. Having been a teenager in the 60s and being in a "garage" band, played the school dances, county fairs, won the talent contests, recorded a single,(which went nowhere)and finally have the group disentigrate,(VietNam got a lot of us, myself included)I was moved to tears of both sadness and joy as I hitched a ride with those 4 young guys, Guy, Lenny, Jimmy, and T.B., in pursuit of a dream that a lot of us had in those days.I especially love the scene when they hear their song on the radio for the first time. That scene captured the raw, unadulterated exuberance of the youth of that day experiencing a dream come true. I have purchased this movie and the soundtrack and have watched and listened to them numerous times. Because of my experience of being in a "one-hitless wonder" band and the experience of VietNam, I have found joy and healing in this unpretentious movie of the days of my youth. Thanks again Mr. Hanks and to the wonderful young cast which portrayed this unlikely success story so well.