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cute but a little dated now
John Cusack's lovelorn, bumbling character is endearing in this movie as he woos the high school valedictorian in the couple's last summer before college and/or real life beckons. The attitudes, slang, and even the music, I am sorry to report---all seem a little dated now. The acting is well-done all down the line, from Cusack's wise-cracking, broken hearted gal- pal, to his love's financially strapped father who resorts to unethical dealings in order to finance his dreams for his daughter.

Some of the premises are also funnily flawed----who, even the brightest high schooler, gets a "fellowship" grant to study in Britain before setting foot in an American university? Sorry, Hollywood people, fellowships are generally for grad students, not 18 years olds recently sprung from 12th grade.

Just a little raunchy but essentially sweet and modest in tone, here is teenage life of the 1980, still fresh from the "angst aspect" even though dated otherwise.

cameron crowe never lets us down
i heard once that john cusack and cameron crowe were out to eat not long after this film was released. a young girl walked up to cusack and asked, "are you lloyd dobbler?" he answered, "on a good day."

cameron crowe has created the perfect female fantasy played by the perfect leading man. lloyd is unsure of himself, yet willing to put his heart on the line. he's what every woman wants and what everyman should want to be.

this dvd has some pretty interesting behind the scenes extras and deleted scenes too!

"Come inside John - You'll catch your death!"
Some Eighties movies aged really well. Some didn't...While the Breakfast Club and Heathers will rightly go on to be remembered as stone cold classics, Say Anything just slips beneath the tide and ebbs away. It starts promisingly enough, with the loner and the weirdo, but for me it never really turns them into a convincing couple - never quite explains their bond. And while the pychological torture of having your father put away is well done, the reunion of Cusack and Skye seems overly strained and somewhat implausible. But Cusack's friends and Skye's father add watchability to the proceedings, and John Cusack begins his movie career as he means to go on - by getting soaked to the skin. For this historical reference point alone, it's worth checking out this movie...

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