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The Sure Thing (1985)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 12/20

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12/20: The Sure Thing is anything but what it intends to be.

I've never been a fan of John Cusack who was 16 at the time. He has dead black eyes and pretends to be cool when he's, in fact, obnoxious. In this film, he talks, talks, and talks, and all I wanted to do is tell him: "John, John...shut the fuck up."

Daphne Zuniga's character, Alison, doesn't do it for me. At one point, she had the chance to leave for Los Angeles by acquiring a bus ticket but didn't follow through it. That's when the movie started to run out of gas.

Then later, she gleefully said, "I have a credit card." I was like, "Okay, get a flight ticket or whatever, so this madness can end already." Yet it was never pursued, either. So, was Alison implying that she liked the moron after all? Uh, it's strange. Then again, her taste in men, as evidenced by Jason, has been questionable all along.

While the two lead characters are on the road to hitchhike their way back home, the scenes have been ripped-off from It Happened One Night with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. By the way, I don't understand why Nicollette Sheridan has that white thing on her arm which will create a tan line.

All in all, ditch The Sure Thing, and go with It Happened One Night.