Review of The Thing Called Love (1993) by Pamela G — 05 Jun 2007

River Phoenix as a country singer is enough reason to watch this film. I want the soundtrack!

This review of The Thing Called Love (1993) was written by Pamela G on 05 Jun 2007.

The Thing Called Love has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Fernando Croce (3) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 29 Apr 2009

Such strained touches notwithstanding, The Thing Called Love charms and touches, not the least for revealing Bogdanovich as a rare filmmaker…

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By Der Rellik (2) on 14 Nov 2008

This is a very good movie and it is very tender because this movie was up close up to river death... he was wonderful in this film…

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By Karina B (18) on 17 Jul 2009

Wicked movie I loved it river Phoenix shows how talented he was with not only him acting but his singing too x…

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By Zehra P (81) on 17 Jul 2009

Wicked movie I loved it river Phoenix shows how talented he was with not only him acting but his singing too x…

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By Larayne M (5) on 21 Aug 2009

Wow, great movie, loved river pheniox performance…

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By Emily R (333) on 05 Jul 2011

What a pile of tosh, sorry River but your final film was not worthy of you, and you didn't exactly give your best performance…

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By Kate F (97) on 28 Aug 2008

I have watched this movie so many times that I have lost count! Just seeing River play guitar and sing is awesome…

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By Michael R (2,154) on 27 Apr 2009

Hot and cold, don't say enough, go too far- timeless. If we didnt exist in a hype-infested world Phoenix' would be seen as a great screen performance…

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By Antar S (38) on 21 Oct 2010

I am not at all into country music but still I enjoyed watching this movie. Its really a good movie…

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By Jim A (789) on 13 Apr 2011

Good movie with a strong cast,this was River Phoenix last movie before his death in 1993.Sandra Bullock puts in a good early performance,well…

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