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The Thing Called Love

Stand by your dream.

1993 · 1h 56m · PG-13 Drama, Music, Romance
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich

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A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.

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All reviews
57%
Tomatometer
Fresh

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.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

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.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten

Although well acted, with early scenes that deftly sketch the atmosphere, the movie, written by Carol Heikkinen, never takes off.

Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh

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.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten

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.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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