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The Thing Called Love
The movie follows four Generation-X singles trying to break into the tough world of Nashville's country music industry where, there are 10,000 singer-songwriters chasing success, with one chance in a million of getting it.
30 September 1953, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
16 May 1949, Orange, California, USA
2 October 1946, Rayne, Louisiana, USA
17 August 1955, Long Beach, California, USA
29 June 1970, Los Angeles County, California, USA
26 July 1964, Arlington, Virginia, USA
10 March 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
5 February 1951, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
10 September 1956, San Antonio, Texas, USA
April 06, 2006
Nothing terribly new happens here, but Bogdanovich plays out his scenes with tenderness and affection, and the honest performances spring to life.
March 11, 2005
A highlight of Phoenix's career
January 12, 2006
It's so sad that Phoenix went out not with a bang but with this whimper.
June 14, 2009
Peter Bogdanovich brings conviction but little else to this upbeat response to Robert Altman's Nashville.
March 11, 2006
The Thing Called Love charms and touches.
June 23, 2002
It bears as little relation to the real Nashville as Altman's 1975 feature, but director Peter Bogdanovich, the talented cast, and the credited and uncredited screenwriters are so busy conjuring up a charming world of their own that I didn't mind.
April 08, 2006
It's good enough to watch, but not good enough to re-watch.
March 26, 2009
Perhaps there's not much new to say about the dues and disappointments involved in breaking into the country music scene, but the scenes are fresh and the emotions real in Peter Bogdanovich's tune-laden, mixed-mood drama.
January 01, 2000
Perhaps no one could have saved Phoenix, who was not lucky enough to find a higher bottom than death. But this performance in this movie should have been seen by someone as a cry for help.
January 02, 2011
A star is born in Nashville.
August 30, 2004
Although well acted, with early scenes that deftly sketch the atmosphere, the movie, written by Carol Heikkinen, never takes off.
February 09, 2006
Bogdanovich's modest staging is occasionally awkward -- his kids still watch John Wayne movies at the drive-in -- but there's a convincing sense of what Nashville's like and how country music works.
