After so many years of hearing about this movie, I finally got to watch Say Anything... with my mom just now on a Netflix disc. Part of me expected a comedy on the order of the John Hughes movies or maybe Fast Times at Ridgemont High which happened to have been written by Cameron Crowe, the same one who wrote and directed-for the first time-this one. Instead, I found out this was a drama with some subtle humorous scenes about the budding romance of Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) and Diane Court (Ione Skye), the former an underachieving high school graduate and the latter the class valedictorian. Oh, and she has a father (John Mahoney) who gave her the best of what life has to offer but turns out to have some flaws that threaten their relationship. That's all I'll mention of the plot. Now I just want to say that I love the whole vibe that went on during the movie. It's such a refreshingly candid romantic movie especially during that iconic scene of Lloyd playing Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" on that boom box hoping Diane comes to the window to see him. Nothing more to say except Say Anything... comes highly recommended.
Review of Say Anything
Say Anything
(1989)
After so many years, I finally got to see Say Anything... and I love it!
22 July 2013