Say Anything... (1989) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Say Anything...
Year
1989
Running time
100 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
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Producer
Genre
Romance. Comedy | Romantic Comedy. Teen Comedy. Teen/coming-of-age. Schools & University
Synopsis
In Cameron Crowes directorial debut, John Cusack plays Lloyd Dobler--an average guy with a penchant for kickboxing. There is only one thing that all-around nice guy Lloyd wants for his high school graduation--a date with beautiful valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye). Lloyds dream comes true when Diane accepts his invitation to a graduation party. Diane falls for Lloyd, whose goal is to spend as much time with her as possible. Their budding romance is put to the test when Diane has to choose between pursuing her academic dreams and spending time with him. John Mahoney is first-rate as Dianes father, a single parent who wants only the best for his brilliant daughter but who harbors a serious secret that the IRS is investigating. Like John Hughess classic films of the 1980s (PRETTY IN PINK, THE BREAKFAST CLUB) that dealt with the trials and tribulations of being a teenager, Crowes intelligent script and film cut through stereotypes and portray teenagers as real people rather than caricatures.
Awards
1989: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Most Promising Actor (John Cusack)
Critics' reviews
- "Heathers" may view teenagers more caustically, but this movie, incomparably better, actually delivers the goods"
- "That such intelligence could be contained in movie that is simultaneously so funny and so entertaining is some kind of a miracle."
- "A film of warmth, insight, humor and surprising originality… [It] isn't perfect, but when it's good, which is every moment John Cusack is on screen, it's a living joy"
- "[Crowe] knows how to shape a scene and he's never cheap with characterization; adults are permitted to be as complex as their children; a rare event in pictures."
- "A half-baked love story, full of good intentions but uneven in the telling."
- "Complex, knotty and at times even uncomfortable; its world has a weight and heft that makes its ultimate romanticism seem genuinely transcendant, genuinely magical"
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