That Thing You Do

Rating: 10/10 (6 July 2006)

I love this movie. It is one of those movies I watch if I have a bad day. It cheers me up and is so entertaining. It is meticulessly filled with nostalgic details, and silly, fun music. The characters are flawlessly played, so many good actors participated in this film. It is a fun and wholesome movie, my teenage daughter loved it too. It is even more fun if you have ever known anyone in a garage band, and who hasn't? It mirrors many events from the Ed Sullivan era when the Beatles became big. A great tale of the "one hit wonder". Fiction in a very historical early '60's setting. This movie represents the light, fun side of early Rock n Roll, which is often over shadowed by the cruel, senseless events of war and the fight for civil rights that was happening during this time. Tom Hanks wrote, directed, acted in it, and even was involved in writing much of the music. His wife has a small part in it as well. I remember seeing Charlize Theron for the first time in this movie and thinking what a great actress she is. Same for TB player, who never has a real name in the movie, and Tom Everett Scott. The song was actually nominated for a Grammy award, it's real catchy! I bought the movie, and the sound track and wore them out. It will be one of those movie that people will appreciated more and more as time goes on, mostly because the main cast was virtually unknown and have gone on to do greater parts. Tom Hanks said when they made the movie, it was like watching a new generation of great actors get started. If you like the movie, get the sound track and read the jacket, it was just like we used to do when a new album came out by our favorite band, we'd read the jacket and learn all the extras about them! It gives you more detail about the fictional characters in the movie and in typical Tom Hanks style, just good, old fashioned fun!