John Cusack

Ione Skye

John Mahoney

Lili Taylor

Amy Brooks

Pamela Adlon

Jason Gould

Loren Dean

Johnny Green

Jeremy Piven

Patrick O'Neill

Don Wilson

Bebe Neuwirth

Eric Stoltz

Joan Cusack

Richard Portnow

Philip Baker Hall

Chynna Phillips

Gregory Sporleder

Stephen Shortridge

Jim Ladd

Kim Walker

Lisanne Falk

Glenn Walker Harris Jr.

Montrose Hagins

Gloria Cromwell

Polly Platt

Joanna Frank

Jerry Ziesmer

John Hillner

Dan Castellaneta

Lois Chiles

Nicholas Kallsen

Jonathan Chapin

Judy Prescott

Bill Stevenson

Randy Stone

Mark W. Mansbridge

Paul Germain

James L. Brooks

Cameron Crowe

László Kovács

Joe D. Mitchell

Richard Gibbs

Jane Ruhm

Anne Dudley

Barry Bedig

Art Rochester

Karen Holley

Bruce Crone

Joseph E. Thibo

Cheri Minns

Douglas J. Schulman

Gene Kearney

Ray Quiroz

Carolyn Ferguson

Paul S. Power

Richmond L. Aguilar

Jack Roe

Bryan Denegal

Donald L. Hartley

Judith A. Cory

Michael Gershman

Julie Feiner

Carlton Kaller

Gary Alexander

Doug Hemphill

Richard Marks

Nicholas Korda

Fredell Pogodin

Margaret Goodspeed

Joe Dorn

Barbara Harris

Fritz Braden

Nancy Wilson

Joan Giammarco

Donah Bassett

Dennis Drummond

Aaron Glascock

Patrick Drummond

Linda Whittlesey

Frank Smathers

Sukey Fontelieu

Susan Mazzei

Michelle Wright

David Salven Jr.

Karen I. Stern

Chris Jenkins

Jacqueline Cristianini

John Shouse

Phil Hetos

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Say Anything...

Gracie Films

20th Century Fox

United States of America

English

high school

seattle, washington

high school graduation

teenage crush

teenage love

kickboxer

opposites attract

valedictorian

teenage angst

Shreyance Parakh

**Forget it, I don't care...I LOVE YOU !!**

I can't make out why this movie has has a _user score of JUST above 70%_...I guess because people don't find an honest romantic movie equaling an intriguing, exciting, intelligent, thrilling, action packed or any other brain tickling director's master piece..

But to be honest, this movie is climbing the charts on being my favorite movies, and not just the romantics, of all time.Speaking of which i don't even watch too many romantic movies because however beautiful they are they almost always make you feel that the fairy land exists.That's what is so beautiful about SAY ANYTHING that it doesn't make you believe that there is a fairy land instead its so honest and assures you that you really don't need a lot of things to live happily if you've got a person for whom you have love in your heart and the feeling is reciprocated in the exact same manner!! This movie is special in the sense that it was made way back in '89 and still holds the same relevance...because **LOVE is TIMELESS**...

Do not miss it if you wanna feel what love is in the truest sense of the word... _"I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen"_ - it kills me but if you hold on, you'd find out that she gave the pen because she couldn't give him his love filled heart back !!

A great and successful effort on the director's part to not try and make something special out of this movie because in the end that's what really makes it so special..A _10/10_ for sure...one of the best movies about LOVE !!

_**The summer after high school in Seattle in the late 80s**_

Ione Skye plays Diane, a misfit "preppy" girl who suddenly comes alive upon graduation after striking up a relationship with Lloyd Dobler, played by John Cusack. Diane has a scholarship to a prestigious college in England and her Dad, played by John Mahoney, doesn't want some aimless kickboxer getting in the way of her success. Joan Cusack fittingly plays Lloyd’s sister while the alluring Bebe Neuwirth shows up for a cameo as his teacher.

"Say Anything" (1989) is a coming-of-age drama/romance praised by critics and has loads of fans. 

I agree to some degree: The situations and relationships smack of real life and you can tell that writer/director Cameron Crowe and the cast put time & effort into creating this "reality." For instance, two of Lloyd's best friends are girls, Corey and D.C., who try to advise him on his new relationship. Another example is Diane’s honest relationship with her dad. The first half is filled with quality scenes, like Corey playing her guitar at a party, still venting emotions regarding a past flame. Plus unlike, say, "Porky's" and "American Pie" there's thankfully no juvenile raunch. In other words, "Say Anything" is a classy teen-college flick.

Yet I’m not a big fan of Cusack and Crowe apparently doesn’t know how to lens beautiful women, like Skye (and I’m not talking ‘bout nudity or sleaze). Meanwhile the second half isn't as entertaining as the first because it leaves the high school graduation antics behind to focus on Diane and Lloyd's increasingly intimate relationship, as well as unexpected revelations about Diane's father. Those who like stories about romantic relationships will no doubt appreciate the second half more than me.

It’s decent and I respect it, but Crowe did far superior work with "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982) and “Jerry Maguire” (1996).

The film runs 1 hour, 40 minutes, and was shot in Seattle; Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver (the graduation scene); Los Angeles and North Hollywood (the boom box scene).

GRADE: C+

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Say Anything...( 1989)

To know Lloyd Dobler is to love him. Diane Court is about to get to know Lloyd Dobler.

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Written by Shreyance Parakh on Thu May 04 2017

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