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The Thing Called Love
It is the story that follows the ideal world of singing and can look for fame. The story of the competition begins with four single-generation Generation-X songs in an attempt to break into the rural music industry in Nashville. It's the real confrontation, with 10,000 singers and songwriters chasing success very dramatically. In the end, there is one chance to reach a million follow-up people.
2 October 1946, Rayne, Louisiana, USA
15 September 1954, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
24 October 1960, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
20 August 1937, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
5 February 1951, Sumter, South Carolina, USA
March 11, 2005
A highlight of Phoenix's career
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.
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.
April 08, 2006
It's good enough to watch, but not good enough to re-watch.
August 30, 2004
Although well acted, with early scenes that deftly sketch the atmosphere, the movie, written by Carol Heikkinen, never takes off.
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.
January 02, 2011
A star is born in 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.
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.
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.
