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He has friends galore she has none, except her dad, due largely
to a tunnel focus on studying. However all the hard work has
paid off and Dianne has just won an overseas scholarship.
Before she goes she wants to live a little and when a nervous
Lloyd asks her out she willingly says yes.
From there - for a while - it's romance until her dad (played
exceptionally well by John Mahoney) reckons she's getting
a bit too fond of the directionless lad.
Say Anything is one of those movies you'll sit down
to and enjoy as it has a nice easy-flowing feel-good vibe
to it. Okay, some of the girls permed mullet hairstyles are
horrendous - but we've all gone out with girls with bad hairdos.
It is an intelligent, non-judgemental movie that portrays
teens as actually being quite human. It has a good soundtrack,
but when Peter Gabriel's sensational In Your Eyes comes
on you'll be absolutely stopped in your tracks.
As mentioned, Cusack is wonderful and Skye is spot on as
both the lovely and intelligent Dianne.
The video transfer is acceptable, but you wouldn't want to
play the movie on your brand new 120-centimetre rear-projection
TV. You'd get a nasty shock. The picture is flat and the colour
so-so. The sound, however, is very good.
Say Anything is a nice feel-good movie about teens.
It's not brilliant - although still one of the best of its
genre - but it deals sensibly and well with important issues
and relationships.
Conclusion: Movie 80%, Extras 30%
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