Best movie of this year hands down!

Such a frustrating disappointment

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

There are several small things that go into creating chemistry between actors/characters on screen, and in Cameron Crowe's debut, it seemed he had already mastered them. "Say Anything" has a small story and a handful of perfectly cast roles that are held together by wonderful writing in a movie that could've earned its keep for another hour.In "Say Anything" we see a couple of different, but very important, things that aren't at all standard fare. John Cusack as Lloyd Dobler, the lead, is unspeakably good. There is a nuance he brings with the character, a tick, a flinch that brings it to life. He's playing an ordinary guy, maybe a little too ordinary in some aspects, with some caveats we get reminded of a couple times throughout the picture. He wasn't one of the popular guys in school, wasn't a straight-A student, wasn't an athlete - it's the lack of titles and the usual stigmas with them that helps define this unique performance and character.Cusack is aided by a seemingly on-the-surface quiet performance on the other end by Ione Skye's Diane Court. While Cusack's character is relatable in that something about him applies to most males and the story is really, for the most part, told through his lenses, we see a likeness in Skye's Diane, we've known someone like her before. Her character is more of the distant type, close family ties and kept her head down and focused on her grades while her peers, including Lloyd, were out socializing. When we're introduced to her in the early stages, she's almost only something to be admired, and perhaps she'd stay that way if Crowe didn't write her so many important scenes and give her so many crucial moments that craft her character.There are a handful of moments in great movies that act as crucial moments for character without someone telling the audience how they should feel or how they should think. See Luke Skywalker looking up into the sky in "New Hope" or the look on Kay's face at the ending of "The Godfather." These moments say all about the characters that we need to know with no exposition, and there's a select few in "Say Anything." While the boombox scene is memorable, the moment that stands apart above all, and quite closely resembles the record store scene in "Before Sunrise", involves Lloyd teaching Diane how to drive her new car. In this scene, the audience catches its breath for a moment before seeing a crescendo of emotion between the characters with no words except for driving instructions. The subtle smiles on the character's faces and the culmination of the goodwill of their time spent is nothing short of infectious, and crucial."Say Anything" offers a lot more than its peers. While it does follow, closely, to the "boy meets girl" pattern that's tried and true, it makes enough safe, smart, and heartfelt moves and creates a few moments of great cinema along the way that it has more than stood the test of time. John Cusack portrays an earnest character that is important to show on screen because of his vulnerability and his believability, and Ione Skye acts perfectly as not only the apple of his eye, but delivers her own important messages as well through her actions and her beliefs, she's strong in a way that makes her character delightfully lovable and real in the same steps.Cameron Crowe created a wonderful time capsule of human growth, in an important time of two different but lovable characters' lives. Assisted with a catchy and timeless soundtrack, Crowe created a crown jewel of the romance genre that has a whole lot to say, and it wouldn't without his knack for good conversations, important character choices, meaningful scenes, and a whole lot of chemistry between two wonderfully written characters.

"Say Anything..." is a romantic comedy movie in which on the one hand we have a girl who has the potential of being a very successful person and to have a great life according to the standards of the society. One the other hand we have a boy who still does not know what to do with his life and what job he wants to do. Those teenagers they fall in love the summer after they finish high school and just before the girl leaves for college.I really enjoyed this movie because of the plot but also because it had a lot of moments of controversial feelings, something that made it even more interesting. I believe that is unnecessary to say that the interpretation of John Cusack was simply magnificent and also Ione Skye's interpretation was equally good.After you will watch "Say Anything..." only then you will understand why until today it is considered as one of the best romantic movies of all time. I strongly recommend this movie to everyone and do not be confused by my title, you will understand it after watching the movie.

Say Anything... follows the story of Lloyd, an eternal optimist who seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high-school beauty and straight-A student. It surprises just about everyone when she returns the same sentiment. But Diane's overly possessive, divorced father doesn't approve and it will take more than the power of love to conquer all. The charm, the desire that brought this charming film to life is to hard to believe, the romance that is brought on to the screen is unlike no other romantic film. It's full of wonder and belief that bring these two teens that attract one another that bring you to understand that they won't abandon their love for each other even If it kills them. What this film gave to us is a certain spark that no other ordinary romance film hasn't gave us before, a unpredictable kind of approach to its story, you don't really know what to anticipate to each scene handed to you in your first viewing. The characters brought on upon John Cusack and Ione Skye (Lloyd & Diane) at the ritual ages of 22 & 18 gives you a sense of wonderment that gave these youngsters with such a sense of accomplishment to their acting capabilities and give us a straight forward way to render in such characters as the ones they were approached too. Predictable requirements you are trying harbor into this film is brought up so wrong because you are shown with surplus storytelling with no cliché's in sight, the story gives you encouragement to root for the main characters of Lloyd and Diane because you just know these two are mean't for one another and you don't want them to see them give up. The witty and sharp dialogue for each character is done so proper to fit them with such whimsical attributes that make each and every one of them carefree or unpleasant. The love story that is brought along in this is not your usual kind of romance, the love is brought on with such realism that can relate, it does have its moments with things that couples would do but that's fine because Cameron Crowe brought you feelings to such dubious storytelling. This directional debut of Crowe really gave us a lot to live up too!

This is One Smoothie Movie. It Really Goes Down Quite Well. The Characters are Just Above the Surface and Not Embellished or Exaggerated, as So Often Happens in Teen Movies. The Subtle and Sometimes Dark Humor Works, Like the Pen, the Bathtub Scene, and Relationships because it Seems Natural and Not Written.The Performances Across the Board are Also Endearing Because the Characters Seem Real, but are Painted with Just a Slight Touch of Romanticism. John Cusack is at the Center of this Gentle Storm Engulfing that Twilight Zone Between High School Graduation and The Great Unknown ("the real world").Ione Skye is a Lovable "Brain, with the body of a Game Show Host" and Her Dad-Pal, John Mahoney, Carries the Surprising Sub-Plot with Equal Amounts of Fatherly Concern with a Greedy Side. After All isn't this the 1980's.Overall, this is a Smartly Written and Directed Debut Film from Cameron Crowe and was Ignored and Not a Hit in its Initial Release. But Hipsters and Film Critics Knew it was Something Special Right Away and the Majority of the Population has Caught Up and Now Consider this One of the Best Rom-Com's Ever and Certainly a Touchstone for those that Came of Age in that Era and a Great Date Movie for Any Era.