The Sure Thing | | Cast : | John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga | | Director : | Rob Reiner | | Studio : | MGM/UA Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | March 01, 1985 | | DVD Released Date : | June 08, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 28, 2005 | | Summary | THE SURE THING | Content
 | I really like this movie, it's a not too complicated story of opposites attract, a classic romantic comedy. John and Daphne were brilliant in this movie. Tim Robbins part, although small, is a classic. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 17, 2005 | | Summary | "A sure thing comes once in a lifetime... | Content
| but the real thing lasts forever."
Rob Reiner's classic 1985 teen comedy, "The Sure Thing", features one of John Cusack's first starring roles as Gib Gibson, an early performance by the very young and beautiful Daphne Zuniga as Alison Bradbury, and a bizarre appearance by Tim Robbins in one of his first films as well. Though this is a movie of firsts for its soon-to-be-famous cast, the story is not particulary original nor inventive. In fact, it is downright predictable. Within the first five minutes, you will know exactly how things are going to end up. Yet the beauty of this film is the sweet, funny, romantic, and old-fashioned ride that it takes in order to bring you to that oh-so-predictable ending.
This is a film that has exquisitely stood the test of time. As a matter of fact, if you hold it up to the majority of romantic comedies churned out by Hollywood during the 90's and onwards, one will find that this is a truly charming film. Modern romantic comedy hits such as "She's All That", "Down to You", "10 Things I Hate About You", "Head Over Heels", and "Never Been Kissed" provide excellent juxtaposition to the near genre-perfection of this film.
Alison: What are you doing?
Gib: I'm going to bed.
Alison: Not with me you're not.
Gib: I'm not going to bed with you, I'm going to bed in a bed you happen to be in also. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 25, 2004 | | Summary | Another film by John Cusack. | Content
| This guy is funny and uplifting.
Most of his movies are this way. He always goes for the romantic-comedies. He's probably got me hooked to them.
Maybe this is what love is.
-Calvin Newman |
| Rating | | | Date | September 25, 2004 | | Summary | middle class ra-ra in the best way possible | Content
| This film is reponsible for the name of the next first born male in our family. We were all mid-teen siblings when we stumbled across this gem in the late 80s. We had to wait until one of us was married and up the duff when the ubiquitous question, 'What are you going to call it?' ('What?". 'The baby!')would be asked. Never was there a doubt and as John Cusack would have it, the boy was called "NICK". If you don't see (and enjoy) this film you should be asking yourself some pretty confronting questions. Like, "am I a moron?' |
| Rating | | | Date | August 31, 2004 | | Summary | A late discovery... | Content
| ...not just for Gib and Alison, but definitely for this reviewer, who saw this movie for the first time in August 2004!
The plot is simple enough, but Reiner's direction makes the movie a true gem; as do the efforts of Cusack and Zuniga--plus the supporting cast, which include a pre-'Goose' Anthony Andrews and a truly funny Tim Robbins (he's less funny nowadays, of course, but in '85 he exhibited definite comedic talent).
I've decided that this one's right up there with my favorites. One of those movies, with endless quotable lines, that charms you out of your wits without even trying.
Till Noever
Author: KEAEN, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
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