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
10 September 1956, San Antonio, Texas, USA
18 April 1966, New York City, New York, USA
7 October 1962, Alabama, USA
8 June 1941, Larue, Arkansas, USA
15 January 1948, Montréal, Québec, Canada
12 May 1970, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
4 April 1964, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
10 March 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 April 1952, USA
7 October 1945, Flint, Michigan, USA
5 February 1951, Sumter, South Carolina, 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.
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.
January 02, 2011
A star is born in Nashville.
March 11, 2006
The Thing Called Love charms and touches.
June 14, 2009
Peter Bogdanovich brings conviction but little else to this upbeat response to Robert Altman's Nashville.
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.
August 30, 2004
Although well acted, with early scenes that deftly sketch the atmosphere, the movie, written by Carol Heikkinen, never takes off.
April 08, 2006
It's good enough to watch, but not good enough to re-watch.
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.
January 12, 2006
It's so sad that Phoenix went out not with a bang but with this whimper.
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.
