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.
16 May 1949, Orange, California, USA
10 March 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 September 1954, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 August 1937, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
24 August 1935, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA
2 October 1946, Rayne, Louisiana, USA
7 October 1945, Flint, Michigan, USA
10 September 1956, San Antonio, Texas, USA
29 June 1970, Los Angeles County, California, USA
18 April 1966, New York City, New York, USA
7 October 1962, Alabama, USA
26 July 1964, Arlington, Virginia, USA
7 April 1952, USA
March 11, 2006
The Thing Called Love charms and touches.
January 12, 2006
It's so sad that Phoenix went out not with a bang but with this whimper.
March 11, 2005
A highlight of Phoenix's career
April 08, 2006
It's good enough to watch, but not good enough to re-watch.
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.
June 14, 2009
Peter Bogdanovich brings conviction but little else to this upbeat response to Robert Altman's Nashville.
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.
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.
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.
August 30, 2004
Although well acted, with early scenes that deftly sketch the atmosphere, the movie, written by Carol Heikkinen, never takes off.
January 02, 2011
A star is born in 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.
