The Thing Called Love (1993)
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The Thing Called Love (Director's Cut)
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| Directed by | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Cast | River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock, K.T. Oslin, Larry Black, Anthony Clark, Wayne Grace and Micole Mercurio |
| Theatrical Release | July 16, 1993 |
| DVD Release | March 7, 2006 |
| Running Time | 118 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| UPC Code | 097363284345 |
| Buy this item | $11.99 at Amazon.com As of May 7 19:25 EDT (details) 1 DVD, Paramount, Usually ships in 24 hours, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Languages: English (Original Language) Or 35 new from $6.24, 8 used from $6.49 |
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(57 reviews)
Love the cast and musicI had seen this movie earlier on tv and loved it. I am glad that Amazon had it. To me it was an enjoyable film with country music (that I heard Phoenix helped with) and also had a love triangle. I just love River Phoenix and Dermot Mulroney and thought they did a great job, as well as Sandra Bullock and Samantha Mathis. There is very small nudity and a couple of swear words. All in all great film. February 29, 2008
The Thing Called Love
When playing the DVD, the movie gets to a certain scene, freezes, then skips the next scene and proceeds with the rest of the movie w/o incident. I have tried it on more than one DVD player and it does the same thing. The movie, itself, is a good movie. January 14, 2008
Gorgeous actors...and a worthy near miss.
This movie should have made Samantha Mathis a star. She is so beautiful in it you can barely take your eyes off her. Her face lights up almost every shot. I guess her performance must owe a lot to the direction of Peter Bogdanovich, who is pretty good with making his leading ladies appealing.
River Phoenix is fabulous inhabiting the role of a cocky young singer with a way with women. I was interested to learn on this site that he had actually cut some records before his death. I didn't love his voice, but his band sounded good and he moved his body the way you wish male country singers would. He is the anti-Dermot Mulrooney, who plays the passive, ineffectual male in just about every film he makes, and a worthy successor to the James Dean legend.
The story is cute, but slight, and somehow just misses greatness. There is a love triangle which seems a bit too pat, a best friend who seems stuck in there to prop up the leading lady...It just all misses somehow. But still...a worthy film about young people pursuing their dreams and experimenting with love, and a nice introduction to 1990's Nashville.
I apologize for commenting before I've seen the Director's cut. I hope there are enough extra scenes and director's information to make it worth buying the DVD. I'll come back and edit my review if I do decide to purchase it. December 7, 2007
Boring
Maybe there was some good music in the second half of the movie I don't know because I couldn't watch more than the first half. Hollywood knows nothing about people who have conservative values. December 6, 2007
The Thing Called Love
I never thought much of country music before seeing this movie but I actually enjoyed much of it. As a singer and writer of songs for my own enjoyment the process and the emotion attached to the process were interesting too. Another look at some current stars in their early years. August 7, 2007