Say Anything
SAY ANYTHING... (15)
D: Cameron Crowe
20th Century Fox (Polly Platt)
US 1989
100 mins
Romance/Comedy
W: Cameron Crowe
DP: Laszlo Kovacs
Ed: Richard Marks
Mus: Richard Gibbs, Anne Dudley & Nancy
Wilson
John Cusack (Lloyd Dobler), Ione
Skye (Diane Court), John Mahoney (Jim Court), Lili Taylor (Corey Flood), Joan Cusack (Constance Dobler)
A refreshing take on 1980's teenage high school comedies,
leaning more towards a practical romance storyline rather than the Brat Pack movies that John Hughes brought to the screens.
John Cusack stars as Lloyd Dobler, a well-intentioned high
school dropout at a crossroads in his life who woos and falls in love with the beautiful prefect graduate, Diane Court (Ione Skye), but their relationship is put to strain by her overbearing
father who doesn't want to see her settling down with a man with no career prospects on the horizon.
Those expecting a more comedic presentation might feel
short-changed, it really isn't that sort of film. Instead, it's a story about honest teenage love, the pain of breaking up and the joy of rekindling.
Cameron Crowe writes a screenplay free of the usual
clichés, with realistic characters, a great music soundtrack and a handful of iconic scenes which are still referenced in popular culture over three decades later.
7/10
