If you loved Big Night, try That Thing You Do!
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, playful mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Big Night, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What That Thing You Do! is
Erie, Pennsylvania, summer, a drumbeat in a garage. A small-town band shoots to fame, touring in a crowded van, performing on a chaotic television stage. Tom Hanks affectionately satirizes the music industry's excesses.

