Mr. Hanks's debut feature, written and directed with
delightful good cheer, is rock - and - roll nostalgia presented as pure fizz.
Melodramas of Hollywood's golden age, for example, tugged heavier on the heartstrings, while in action movies like the popular blind - samurai Zatoichi series — as
well as Phillip Noyce's
delightful 1989 Westernized update, Blind Fury — its heroes» lack of sight provided added underdog
cheer - on value.