A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
Pamela Adlon
- Rebecca
- (as Pamela Segall)
Johnny Green
- Luke
- (as John Green Jr.)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirectorial debut of Cameron Crowe.
- GoofsWhen Lloyd first calls Diane, he gives 555-1342 as his phone number. But when Diane reads the message taken by her father, the number is 555-2342. Even though she has the wrong number written down, it still works.
- Quotes
Lloyd Dobler: I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.
- Crazy creditsThe 20th Century Fox logo plays without the fanfare.
- ConnectionsEdited into Saturday Night Live: Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Dave Matthews Band (2009)
- SoundtracksAll For Love
Written by John Bettis and Martin Page
Produced by Richie Zito
Performed by Nancy Wilson
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Featured review
In "Say Anything" Cameron Crowe has crafted a one-of-a-kind romantic comedy which avoids at least 90% of the pitfalls one would commonly associate with films within the genre. How does he do it? Simply by avoiding sappy moments, by creating a script that more or less mirrors the bittersweet experience of first love, and by simply, but tastefully guiding the film's visuals and outstanding acting.
"Say Anything" is not completely anti-conventions, and actually uses some wildly popular rom-com conventions to its advantage, but the role reversal (Dobbler being the 'lost' one), interjection of successfully genuine drama, and simple, understated romantic moments make this a wild success. That's not to say that Crowe isn't successful when he goes for the wildly over-the-top sap, because he knows it's sappy, but it does happen in real life. I mean, the over-the-top gestures like the stereo outside the window do occur in reality, and they guys who do them usually are just like Lloyd Dobbler.
Great characters, a great cast, really good writing, and simple but solid direction make this a real winner that is deservedly recognized as a romantic classic.
8.5/10
"Say Anything" is not completely anti-conventions, and actually uses some wildly popular rom-com conventions to its advantage, but the role reversal (Dobbler being the 'lost' one), interjection of successfully genuine drama, and simple, understated romantic moments make this a wild success. That's not to say that Crowe isn't successful when he goes for the wildly over-the-top sap, because he knows it's sappy, but it does happen in real life. I mean, the over-the-top gestures like the stereo outside the window do occur in reality, and they guys who do them usually are just like Lloyd Dobbler.
Great characters, a great cast, really good writing, and simple but solid direction make this a real winner that is deservedly recognized as a romantic classic.
8.5/10
- ametaphysicalshark
- Feb 22, 2008
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Digan lo que digan
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,781,385
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,058,496
- Apr 16, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $21,515,196
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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