The Thing Called Love Details

River phoenix at his best

If you have never seen the film your missing out.I waited years for this to come to dvd. Samantha mathis and river phoenix play fantastic roles, the music is excellent.

From the start this is the kind of film that keeps you interested all the way through with no dull moments theres also a cameo from trisha yearwood the country legend.

What more can I say if you have never seen this you need to rent it.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Phoenix's swan song.

'The Thing Called Love' is a light-hearted, feel good film with a great sountrack. Samantha Mathis is great as sarcastic 'miranda presley', a wannabe country singer who moves from New York to Nashville to persue her dream, meeting like-minded people along the way.

Its also great to see Sandra Bullock in an early role. The only let down for me was Phoenix's performance. The once vibrant and passionate actor, although great musically (performing all his own songs throughout, which is a treat) , is frankly a little painful to watch at times. mumbling through most of the dialogue and looking in need of some sleep (or in the *middle* of sleeping) in others. it wasnt a great shock to me to discover this was his last completed film before his very sad death. leaves me in disbelief as to how nobody could have seen it coming.

Despite River Phoenix's lack of 'participation' in some scenes, the film is very enjoyable.