I watched this movie late one night when there was nothing else on the TV, opening was quite good but from the minute Samantha Mathis's character met the whole gang i was fighting with the character over her choices, i know that river phoenix is a god in a lot of peoples eyes but his character was so unbelievable, the reasons the scriptwriters gave for why he didn't call her were ludicrous, the only character to end up alone was the only one that deserved to be with someone and Samantha Mathis was a bad choice of country singer, along with river and his "long" hair, i felt this movie was outdone by the songs in it, seemed like a showcase for country music, and if all they had done was sat and sing the songs from start to finish i would have been much happier.
Review of The Thing Called Love
