That Thing You Do!

Name: That Thing You Do!
Released: 1996-10-4
Cast: Tom Everett Scott, Jonathan Demme, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn

That Thing You Do!

PG
1h 48m
1996

93%

age 10+

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Set in 1964, the film stars a talented group of newcomers as The Wonders, a fictional rock band that embarks on a humorous journey when its hit song rockets to the top of the charts. Traveling cross country from spaghetti joints to state fairs, The Wonders land a record deal, a manager, a trip to Hollywood and an extraordinary look at the halcyon days of rock and roll.

Director:

Tom Hanks

Producer:

Writer:

Tom Hanks

Cast:

Tom Everett Scott, Jonathan Demme, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Tom Hanks, Ethan Embry, Ethan Emry

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

93%

Critics Consensus: A light, sweet, and thoroughly entertaining debut for director Tom Hanks, That Thing You Do! makes up in charm what it lacks in complexity.

Reviews

Solzy at the Movies

Danielle Solzman

Hanks gives us a rocking musical film for the ages in That Thing You Do!

The chief wonder of this rock 'n' roll cast is Tom Everett Scott, whose easy charisma, dreamy smil...

It's absolutely impossible not to smile when "The Wonders" hear their song on the radio for the fi...

Call it a sanitized version of The Commitments.

Tom Hanks directorial effort is a decent film overall, but nothing that would ever inspire to re-v...

June 22, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 10+

Common Sense Says

Sweet, sleepy take on flash-in-the-pan '60s band.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that aside from a few curse words and some drinking, this film offers little that would offend parents. The band's manager gives them beers in the afternoon, and Guy gets drunk at a jazz bar, but pays for it the next day with a hangover. Jimmy humiliates his girlfriend in front of everyone.