That Thing You Do! (1996)
7/10
108 min
1996
en
Action
Comedy
Drama
Music
Synopsis
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.—Rick Gregory
Cast
Charlize Theron as Tina Tom Hanks as Mr. White Bryan Cranston as Virgil 'Gus' Grissom Steve Zahn as Lenny
