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I love this movie, I was shocked by its relatively mediocre rating. I first came across "The Sure Thing" in the 1980s, and still enjoy catching it on TV. It's about young love, it's funny and the acting is perfect. Rob Reiner had a sure touch as a director in those days. The two leads John Cusack (Gib) and Daphne Zuniga (Alison) are terrific.
Gib attends a small college in New England, and is considered cute by some of the girls. Unfortunately his awful chat up lines sabotage his chances of getting laid. Zuniga's character seems repressed, takes life too seriously and seems to have no sense of humor. Gib tells his best friend Lance (Anthony Edwards)about his problems with women. Lance takes pity and organizes a tryst with the "The Sure Thing" (Nicollette Sheridan of Desperate Housewives fame). Alison's boyfriend is a nerdy law student and coincidentally attends Lance's college in California. Gib and Alison take a road trip to the West Coast together. The film has plot similarities to "It Happened One Night" as it involves an incompatible couple, who fall in and out of love.
Reiner later directed "When Harry Met Sally". In Harry he explores what would happen if the couple still hated each other after the road trip, but fall in love years later. Although Harry was more commercially successful, I prefer The Sure Thing. The acting is better and it's hard to believe that Meg Ryan would have problems finding a date or even be interested in Billy Crystal. The Sure Thing is a formulaic romantic comedy, but it's the energy of the cast and the writing that make it fun and touching.
score 9/10
eastbergholt2002 15 September 2006
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