Escape into the 1980s
#3 (Dang – this would have been perfect for my tribute to John Cusack a little
while ago)
Synopsis: Wisecracking,
rough-around-the-edges guy sweet-talks studious, overly-planned, wealthy
ice princess. They hate each other just long enough to realize they’re really in
love. Hey, that’s original!
Blurb From the VHS
Jacket: “Meet Walter ‘Gib’ Gibson (JOHN CUSACK), a highly-spirited,
spontaneous young guy and self-proclaimed junk food addict. After striking out
with the girls in high school, Gib begins his freshman year at an Eastern
college full of hope for improving his lovelife. Enter Alison Bradbury (DAPHNE
ZUNIGA), prim and proper, well-organized and extremely annoyed by Gib.”
What Did I Learn?:
1) You can’t name a kid “Elliott” – that’s a fat kid with glasses who eats
paste. 2) Spontaneity has its time and place. 3) Every relationship starts with
a one-night-stand.
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Movie If: You figure it must be an hour-and-forty-minute long St. Germain video.
Really?: 1) Hold
on – Alison gets mad at Gib for travelling cross-country just to get laid? She
has a boyfriend!! 2) I had a great deal of trouble believing: a) Alison would
flash her breasts at a passing car just because she was egged on by Gib, and b)
that Gary would leave the two of them stranded in the middle of nowhere. 3) You
could see Alison dating a rich, alpha-male jock, but a tea-drinking,
Scrabble-playing nerd? Come on….
Rating: I hadn’t
watched The Sure Thing for at least
two decades, and I’m saddened to say that while the film has a few nice
moments, it hasn’t aged all that well. Cusack wildly overacts, the script is
incredibly contrived (see: “Really?”)
and not terribly funny, and the whole thing seems pretty dopey and unoriginal
(see: “Synopsis”). 5.5/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090103/?ref_=rvi_tt
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