All Things Must Pass

We learn of the party-hearty environment and family-like vibe of a world where it was cool to write off cocaine as a business expense. And we see the hubris and myopia that doomed the industry.

As Bruce Springsteen says in the film, "Everybody in a record store is a little bit of your friend for 20 minutes or so." And he's right - including all the ups and downs that friendship entails.

It's loving and lovely, but goes too easy on the hubris and greed.

For the most part, Hanks celebrates the glory days of Tower Records, while a surprisingly upbeat pay-off suggests its name shouldn't be consigned to the history books just yet.