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That Thing You Do!

1996 · 108 min

A sunny, affectionate ride through sudden fame, buoyant with catchy tunes and bittersweet when the bubble bursts.

Tagline
The Fab Four without the Mop Tops
Overview
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • music
  • ambition
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, music
Directed by
Tom Hanks
Written by
Tom Hanks
Starring
Tom Hanks, Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Charlize Theron, Obba Babatundé
Music
Howard Shore
Cinematography
Tak Fujimoto
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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