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Say Anything... (1989) 7.4
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Metascore: 86/100
Reviews: 211 user | 73 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college. Director:Cameron CroweWriter:Cameron Crowe |
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Cast
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Mike Cameron
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Mrs. Flood
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High school senior Lloyd Dobler wants nothing more than to go out with beautiful and intelligent Diane Court. Lloyd attempts to win her heart over the objections of her over-protective father before Diane leaves for a scholarship in England. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>
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She's got every thing going for her. He's going for her with every thing he's got. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 April 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
...Say Anything... See more »Box Office
Gross:
$20,781,385 (USA)Company Credits
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Written by Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and 'Hiro Yamamoto'
Produced and Performed by Soundgarden
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Diane's hair during the break-up scene in the car: It's over her shoulder, then behind her shoulder, etc. See more »Quotes
Corey Flood: [Lloyd's letter to Diane] Dear Diane, I'll always be there for you. All the love in my heart, Lloyd.See more »
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"Toy Box"Written by Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and 'Hiro Yamamoto'
Produced and Performed by Soundgarden
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I've never cared for "teen movies" and this *isn't* one, so don't worry. On the surface, this movie would appear to be about high school, or growing up, or the 'loser' guy dares to get the 'winner' girl. This movie is about truthfulness and it's liberating qualities and also about the price one pays for success or greatness.
Diane Court is the valedictorian and the "most likely to succeed" in her high school. Lloyd Dobler is the well-liked underachiever with good character. Lloyd's low-pressure friends accept Diane at a party and she, at last, gets to let her hair down. This launches a romance that Diane's father disdains.
Always quick to shower her with praise, encouragements, and gifts Diane's father has visions of her earth-shattering success. On her part, Diane is getting a little self-conscious over her father's incessant chatter about what HE wants her to be.
Lloyd's attentions to Diane grow inconvenient to her father perhaps less for his romantic interest, but worse: he's diverting her from her greatness. Simultaneously, Lloyd has no outward indicators of achievement. He lacks direction and can't really say what his next moves are. Diane's father's agitation grows when investigators from the IRS launch a criminal investigation of him.
The acting in this film is so believable you feel like you are in the movie yourself. John Mahoney (the father)makes this role look so easy and his face conveys every emotion so clearly. John Cusack nails this role as the anxious-to-please, smitten teen with a sincere heart. His dialog sounds very natural. Ione Skye is lucky. Not many female rolls for teenage girls are as juicy as this one: no nudity, no ax murderers, and no entering into talent competitions. Additional endorsement: I danced with a naval officer from a nuclear sub to the main theme of this film and he immediately asked me if I had seen this film. We proceeded to have a conversation about how great this film is!