To the writers' credit, even the film's most obvious scenes are always relieved through it's witty and eminently quotable dialogue. Director Rob Reiner handles the script with a necessarily light touch, and allows the humour to be more character-driven than situational. You know the ending within the first five minutes: it is the journey there which is important. Yet to complain that the plot is predictable would be to miss the point. Inevitably, they are soon thrown together - namely by Gib's trip to California on the promise of a blond, beautiful 'sure thing' from best friend Lance (Anthony Edwards) coinciding with her journey to visit her boyfriend - and opposites begin to attract. He hates her studious, organised approach to life she frowns upon his laddish, devil-may-care attitude. The story is nothing new: boy (an effervescent Cusack as Walt Gibson) meets girl (Daphne Zuniga), and an antagonistic relationship is formed. And, despite a life-long hatred of 'girly' films and all things romantic comedy, this slice of 80s college cheese surprisingly hit the spot. Having fallen for John Cusack's engaging performance as Rob in 'High Fidelity', I jumped at the chance to watch one of his earliest films, 'The Sure Thing'.
