That Thing You Do! (1996)

Release date: 1996-10-04
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Tom Hanks
Production Co: Clavius Base, Clinica Estetico, Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Rating: 6.9/10
Length: 1h 48min

Storyline

Recounts a fable of a pop rock band formed a year after the Beatles took America by storm in early 1964. Jazz aficionado Guy Patterson, unhappily toiling in the family appliance store, is recruited into the band the Oneders (later renamed the Wonders) after regular drummer Chad breaks his arm. After Guy injects a four/four rock beat into lead singer Jimmy's ballad, the song's undeniable pop power flings the Wonders into a brief whirlwind of success, telling the tale of many American bands who attempted to grab the brass ring of rock and roll in the wake of the British Invasion.

Plot Keywords

band, fictional band, 1960s, music industry, directed by star, what happened to epilogue, pennsylvania, four word title, punctuation in title, recording studio, rock music, exclamation point in title, written and directed by cast member, manager, drummer, disc jockey, recording, hollywood, dentist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship

Short Review

The chief wonder of this rock 'n' roll cast is Tom Everett Scott, whose easy charisma, dreamy smile and undersurface intelligence should shoot him up the acting charts like a bullet.