This is a music band movie so invariably I was looking for discovery, ascendancy, peak, drama (drugs, egos, creative differences, a girl), collapse, introspection. That is the formula right? Fortunately, "That Thing You Do" didn't quite follow that formula.
Tom Hanks writing debut and feature length film directorial debut wasn't bad at all. TTYD is a movie about an early 60's garage band from Eerie, Pennsylvania that made it big. We did get the discovery, ascendancy, peak, drama and collapse, but it didn't have the gravity that so many other music band movies have. The entire movie, even at its most somber moments, was delightfully light. This is a movie you can watch and enjoy without waiting for that real down moment that sucks its viewers into a dark hole. Good job Tom.
Tom Hanks writing debut and feature length film directorial debut wasn't bad at all. TTYD is a movie about an early 60's garage band from Eerie, Pennsylvania that made it big. We did get the discovery, ascendancy, peak, drama and collapse, but it didn't have the gravity that so many other music band movies have. The entire movie, even at its most somber moments, was delightfully light. This is a movie you can watch and enjoy without waiting for that real down moment that sucks its viewers into a dark hole. Good job Tom.