The Sure Thing (Special Edition) PG-13
A sure thing comes once in a lifetime... but the real thing lasts forever.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 5, 2003
- Originally Released: 1985
- Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | John Cusack & Daphne Zuniga | |
Performer: | Anthony Edwards, Viveca Lindfors, Boyd Gaines, Nicollette Sheridan, John Putch, Lisa Jane Persky & Tim Robbins | |
Directed by | Rob Reiner | |
Edited by | Robert Leighton | |
Screenwriting by | Steve Bloom & Jonathan Roberts | |
Composition by | Tom Scott | |
Produced by | Roger Birnbaum | |
Director of Photography: | Robert Elswit | |
Executive Production by | Henry Winkler |
Entertainment Reviews:
...A refreshing, charming and quietly wonderful love story...
Chicago Sun-Times
...The surest thing here is the inspiration guiding [the film makers]....Beguiling...
New York Times
Rating: 3/4 --
This is a likeable film that follows all of the necessary steps to engage an audience. It may not be a sure thing, but it's at least a pretty good bet.
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ReelViews
[A] hysterically oversold mix of comic cliches from the 30s and the 80s.
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Chicago Reader
[S]urprisingly deep for a flick that rests on the same shelf as HARDBODIES and MY TUTOR. -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly
There's plenty of mileage in this pairing, even if the movie isn't going anywhere unexpected.
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Time Out
Realization may not be earth shattering, but in an era of fast food and faster sex, return to the traditional is downright refreshing.
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Variety
Product Description:
When free-spirited but juvenile Walter "Gib" Gibson (John Cusack) meets studious, uptight Alison Bradbury (Daphne Zuniga) at an unnamed Ivy League college, sparks fly; unfortunately, they are mostly of the disastrous variety as all of Gib's attempts at courtship fall painfully apart. Inevitably, the duo is tossed together when they both answer the same ad for a ride to California. While Alison is traveling to reunite with her tidy law school boyfriend, Gib is on the road to meet a beautiful girl his best friend promises him is "a sure thing." Before too long, Gib and Alison's bickering inflames the driver, who promptly deposits the two with their suitcases on the side of a lonely highway thousands of miles from their destination. As the misadventures pile up, the initially contentious pair begin to take a liking to one another--but do these two dare fall in love'
Rob Reiner's initial attempt at romantic comedy pays subtle homage, with gentle lyricism, to the classic screwballs of early Hollywood. The film is buoyed by the stellar performances of the two leads, Cusack (in one of his first significant roles) and Zuniga, who are reminiscent of the great studio pairings of the past.
Rob Reiner's initial attempt at romantic comedy pays subtle homage, with gentle lyricism, to the classic screwballs of early Hollywood. The film is buoyed by the stellar performances of the two leads, Cusack (in one of his first significant roles) and Zuniga, who are reminiscent of the great studio pairings of the past.
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- Sales Rank: 122,792
- UPC: 027616865748
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