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| Say
Anything
1989
Directed + written by:
Cameron Crowe
Starring: John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Lili Taylor
Language: English
Look for it at the video store under:
drama
Watch it when you’re in the mood
for
something: lovey
The critic says:
 /
5 the rating system
explained
Fun factor:
/ 5 |
Plot synopsis
On the day of their high
school graduation, underachiever but all-around-great-guy Lloyd Dobler
finally gets up the nerve to call up Diane Court, class valedictorian
and, in the words of his best friends Corey and D.C., "a brain –
trapped in the body of a game show hostess." LLoyd’s been
obsessing over Diane since the day they shared a bench at the local
mall, and despite the fact that the event proves more memorable in his
mind than in hers, he proceeds to ask her out. After some cajoling,
Diane finally agrees to let him take her to the senior class graduation
party. At the party, everyone’s surprised to see Diane – and
moreover, shocked at the previously unimaginable sight of Diane arriving
with Lloyd – but no one’s more surprised than Diane when, just after
dawn and with Lloyd walking her home, she realizes that she’s had a
really great time. An unlikely romance develops between the two, but
Diane’s conflicted as she finds herself coping with her father’s
disapproval and the knowledge that she’ll be leaving for college in
England soon. Then one day the IRS comes knocking on the door to
investigate her father, the person in the world she adores more than any
other. The news that her father’s not the person she once thought he
was turns Diane’s world upside down, leaving her to wonder whether
maybe for the first time in her life, she should stop letting her dad
lead her life, and start making some decisions of her own.
Review It’s
always a minor surprise to me when I see Say Anything included in
a list of 80s teen flicks like Sixteen Candles and Pretty in
Pink. Don’t get me wrong: I’m a loyal defender of the merits of
John Hughes’ film work of that decade, but while I can’t watch those
films without sinking deep, deep into nostalgia for my elementary/middle
school days, Say Anything, more than a decade after its release,
still strikes me as timeless. Like all Cameron Crowe films, the writing
is funny and sensitive and poignant, full of real sentiment without ever
turning sappy. But it’s the characters that make you fall in love with
Say Anything: you just can’t have a compelling romance without
first creating characters that the viewers can really care about, and
with Lloyd Dobler and Diane Court, writer/director Crowe and his
talented actors have crafted characters that feel as real and vulnerable
and lovable – despite, no maybe because of their flaws – as anyone
you might know in real life. (John Cusack’s Lloyd Dobler, in
particular, would be my pick as the guy most likely to win a poll
amongst a random sampling of 20something women of "Movie Character
You’d Most Like To Have Walk off the Screen To Declare His Love for
You." Lloyd’s the perfect boyfriend. And Cusack’s the perfect
Lloyd.) There are some who call Say Anything a great teen flick.
Me, I just think it’s a great flick, period. —reviewed by Y. Sun
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