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Teen Charmer
A teen movie of the late 70's, I found this charmer, "Say Anything." John Cusak is the quirky misfit teen in love with the unattainable. The unattainable is the senior class brain, Ione Skye. Ione has a wonderful smile, which she uses to disarm. Her acting skills are limited however, so Cusak's antics move the story to the opposites-attract finale. John Mahoney, the dad in "Frazer" on TV, plays Ione's businessman, father in deep soup with the IRS. He wants her to go to England on a scholarship. She is wooed, charmed, and then makes it with shiftless Cusak. I must say that Mahoney is believable in a complicated character, both doting father and a secret embezzler. Ordinarily in these teen operas, parents are total dotes. There is the obligatory teen beer-bash, but this one is fairly realistic with kids that actually like each other, as opposed to bashes where kids are trying to be too cool. Nice little date flick for teens.

A Great Movie
This unheralded 1989 teenage romance did little business at the box office, but is now seen in retrospect as one of the eighties' best films. The key is John Cusack's pitch perfect performance as Lloyd Dobler, a teenager who falls in love in the summer after senior year in high school and doesn't know what he wants to do with his life except take care of Diane, the wonderful young woman he's fallen in love with. But the rest of the cast is equally up to the task, with Ione Skye, Lili Taylor, John Mahoney, Joan Cusack and the young Glenn Walker Harris Jr. all contributing to a movie filled with great characters and great moments. Cameron Crowe's script is full of unforgettable dialogue, and the soundtrack is equally memorable.

The DVD edition finally gives this movie the fine treatment it deserves. The laserdisc edition, which I have watched repeatedly over the last decade, is easily surpassed by a wide margin.

Good Movie
Ione Skye is such a fox. I have admired her since
seeing her in Rivers Edge.

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