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1 March 1985 (USA)
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He's onto a sure thing . . . but ends up on the funniest journey to romance you've ever seen. more
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A college student plans a cross-country trip to get laid, but ends up traveling with a young woman. They hate each other, so naturally... full summary | add synopsis
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The Blu-Ray Review: Miss March
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Stands up to time pretty well, actually...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Cusack | ... | Walter 'Gib' Gibson |
 | Daphne Zuniga | ... | Alison Bradbury |
 | Anthony Edwards | ... | Lance |
 | Boyd Gaines | ... | Jason |
 | Tim Robbins | ... | Gary Cooper |
 | Lisa Jane Persky | ... | Mary Ann Webster |
| Viveca Lindfors | ... | Professor Taub |
 | Nicollette Sheridan | ... | The Sure Thing |
| Marcia Christie | ... | Julie |
| Robert Anthony Marcucci | ... | Bobby |
 | Sarah Buxton | ... | Sharon |
| Lorrie Lightle | ... | Lucy |
| Joshua Cadman | ... | Jimbo |
| Krystal Richards | ... | Girl in Photo |
 | John Putch | ... | Mastin |
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100 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Australia:M |
Finland:S |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13 (No. 27534) |
West Germany:12
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When Gib (John Cusack) and Alison (Daphne Zuniga) are on the library rooftop, Gib points out the constellation Cassiopeia to Alison. In the movie Serendipity (2001), John Cusack's character also mentions Cassiopeia.
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Continuity: Preparing for his study date with Alison, Gib tucks his shirt in twice.
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Fat Guy in Bar:
What's wrong with me? I'm a good-looking guy.
Gib: You are. You are a good-looking guy. And I'm a good-looking guy.
Fat Guy in Bar: You are.
Gib: I am.
Cowboy Guy: We're all three good-looking guys.
Gib: That's right. We are. And it's Christmas time, and I'm gonna buy you a drink.
Fat Guy in Bar: Something light...
Gib: What, like a nice Chablis?
Fat Guy in Bar: No... Spritzer.
Gib: Spritzer?
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Gib: You are. You are a good-looking guy. And I'm a good-looking guy.
Fat Guy in Bar: You are.
Gib: I am.
Cowboy Guy: We're all three good-looking guys.
Gib: That's right. We are. And it's Christmas time, and I'm gonna buy you a drink.
Fat Guy in Bar: Something light...
Gib: What, like a nice Chablis?
Fat Guy in Bar: No... Spritzer.
Gib: Spritzer?
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References E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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The Age Of Aquarius
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Just for the heck of it, I pulled out my copy of The Sure Thing and watched it again. It's held up well since I first saw it on video in 1986. Yeah, the music is a little old, and Jason, Alison's boyfriend, still grates on me because I looked like him, but in all other respects it has held up well. What carries it is that it's the classic John Cusack Movie, where Cusack is just being... John Cusack. Totally real, totally unpretentious. You can see it in everything else he's done, even things of totally different style, like "Eight Men Out" and "The Grifters." He just rules the screen and the production ends up recalling pictures like "His Girl Friday" and "It Happened One Night." This has stood up to nearly fifteen years of viewing pretty well. Compare and contrast other stuff of that era, like "St. Elmo's Fire," and "Fast Times At Ridgemont High." Or any Tom Hanks movie of the period.
I've now come back five years after originally posting this review (it's now May, 2007) and I say, this film STILL stands as a classic Cusack, even after I have (in the interim) loved "Pushing Tin," "Being John Malkovich" and of course the amazing "High Fidelity." And to this day, I have been known to say, in bars, "BARKEEP! Bring this man...a TROUGH... of spritzer!"
And just remember...
"Credit cards work on a completely different kind of lock!"