This comedy from the 80s sure makes newer films like She's All That (or It's All Cr*p, as I like to refer to it) look even worse than they are. "The Sure Thing" is a sweet and funny film with a huge heart. It's just such a wonderful, though very predictable, story with many good performances. John Cusack is brilliant of course, even Daphne Zuniga does a good job, not to mention Tim Robbins who is simply hilarious in a very small part. Of course, it's not a perfect film, but as far as teen comedies and romantic comedies go -- this is quite brilliant! It actually manages to be both sweet and laugh-out-loud funny which is no easy thing to accomplish. The only thing I have to say against "The Sure Thing" is that the fantasy scenes (where Gib is thinking about the sure thing) are pretty unnecessary. Okay, so they are later used to show how his feelings are changing (with Alison in the shower), but we know that his feelings are changing anyway, and those scenes are, like I said, unnecessary. Great film though. (7/10)
Review of The Sure Thing
