Synopsis
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Your Movie Library
Cast
- Tom HanksMr. White
- Tom Everett ScottGuy Patterson
- Liv TylerFaye Dolan
- Johnathon SchaechJimmy Mattingly
- Steve ZahnLenny Haise
- Ethan EmbryT.B. Player
- Charlize TheronTina
- Obba BabatundéLamarr
- Giovanni RibisiChad
- Chris EllisPhil Horace
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
Mr. Hanks's debut feature, written and directed with delightful good cheer, is rock-and-roll nostalgia presented as pure fizz. - 80
Washington Post
It doesn't overreach, doesn't cannibalize some obvious predecessors and doesn't try to drown its story about innocent music of the early '60s in the troubled waters of music in the '90s. - 80
The New York Times
Mr. Hanks's debut feature, written and directed with delightful good cheer, is rock-and-roll nostalgia presented as pure fizz. - 80
Washington Post
It doesn't overreach, doesn't cannibalize some obvious predecessors and doesn't try to drown its story about innocent music of the early '60s in the troubled waters of music in the '90s. - 78
Austin Chronicle
In his first effort at directing a feature film, Hanks chooses his material wisely and writes it with witty, beguiling charm. - 78
Austin Chronicle
In his first effort at directing a feature film, Hanks chooses his material wisely and writes it with witty, beguiling charm. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie may be inconsequential, but in some ways that's a strength. Without hauling in a lot of deep meanings, it remembers with great warmth a time and a place. - 75
Rolling Stone
Hanks works like a sketch artist feeling his way before attempting a large canvas. His material is slight, but his writing and directing have an unforced humor and an unhurried grace that suggest he may be a natural.
