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The best and most poignant thing about this movie is that it rings true. Cameroon Crowe has fashioned for us a beautiful story about a young couple that rings true. The script is full of memorable lines ranging from the funny ("I whish you had taken the keys out of your hand first, brother!") to the poignant ("Are you here because you need someone, or because you need me?...Forget it, I don't care") to the truly unforgettable. ("I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen."

However, at the center of the film is the amazing, unflappable, John Cusack. His Lloyd Dobbler is one of the most identifiable characters in contemporary cinema. He's at his best in his many stuttering, tragic monologues, his flow of consciousness tape recordings detailing his heartache, and especially in his "eighth and final call" to Diane: "Maybe I don't know you, maybe you were a mirage, maybe the world exploded in a supernova of food and sex and in that case it's not your fault". What does that mean? Nothing. And yet everything.

Finally: the supporting characters. There's nothing wrong with Ione Skye and John Mahoney; but they get all the press. We're talking Lili Taylor. "Joe lies, Joe lies when he cries": the passion Corey exudes over Joe, and the anguish she goes through, knowing he's so much beneath him, yet she reluctantly loves him anyway. We're talking Joan Cusack. Constance definitely needed more screen time; she was a fun character to watch, as all of Joan's characters are. In fact, all of the people who had any line at all, up to and including the guy who passes through and say's "Lloyd Dobler, all right!" to Diane at the party, are all perfect, just a testament to Crowe's directing abilities.

If none of that does it for you ask yourself this: what could possibly be cuter then a five-year-old punching a punching bag while being held by his 18-year-old uncle, being asked "What do we want?", and after a perfect pause yelling "Pain!"? I put it to you, and e-mail me if you get something better

I'm the Key Master / 80's classic
An 80's teen angst romance. Kind of a sappy movie about a Clash t-shirt wearing kickboxing goofy good guy Loyd Dobler from Seattle who falls for Diane the valedictorian of high school played by Ione Skye. Just after graduation he gets enough courage up to ask her out on a date to graduation party. She sees his good nature and likes him and they start dating exclusively. He wants to spend as much time as possible with her. Now watching this you can see how much she brings Cusacks character Loyd at ease but her over bearing father has other plans for her to study abroad in europe. It seems the father played by Ed Mahoney has been planning this for a while commiting tax fraud and evasion to have the money to send her to europe. He tells her to stop seeing him. After this happens she realizes she needs Loyd in her life & they were meant for each other. Lili Taylor's great performance as a jaded friend of Loyd's who gives him love advice is enough to see this movie alone but Cusack is great as his quirky self. Cool movie about young romance and the uncertainties of the future after high school. Not my favorite 80's movie but a must see at least once. Pre Almost Famous directorial debut by Cameron Crowe.

SOMEWHAT SIMPLISTIC BUT CHARMING TEEN ROMANCE DRAMA..
Whether it is young John Cusack's skittering sense of comic timing, Yione Skye's riveting beauty (no idea why she hasn't been in other known films!), or the sweet but memorably amusing moments littered throughout this film, there is something very charming about this candypop romance from the 80s.

A dorky but confident guy falls head over heels in love with the school's super brainy girl. Things happen, ups and downs ensue, all leading to an ending that is so satisfying, so overwhelmingly right, that immediately we fall back into step.

My minor grouse with the story was how conveniently the solid parental characterization of the girl's father turns out to be such a snake. One wonders if teenagers may not pick up from this the tired and rather sad message that parents are not to be trusted, no matter how sincere.

But that doesn't detract Say Anything from being a hot recommendation from me, particularly if you have a thing for lovey-dovey light dramas. It generally maintains an intelligent and realistic contour, which is more than one can say for most romantic comedies being made today.