While there's nothing overly profound about The Sure Thing's depiction of an amorously inclined young college kid named "Gib" Together on an improbable road trip, where they both need to overcome various obstacles as well as an inherent (supposed) dislike for each The Sure Thing playsīit like a postmodern, younger skewing version of the venerable Frank Capra classic It Happened One Night, with two mismatched but obviously "meant for each other" people thrust The Sure Thing, a film which offered a young (as in teenaged) John Cusack in one of his first starring roles. Took a 180 degree turn for his next film, the sweet and strangely underappreciated 1985 "teen comedy" (more about that in a moment) Reiner, still probably best known back then for having played "Meathead" on All in the Family, 1984 saw the release of Rob Reiner's first feature film as a director, the ebullient send up This Is Spinal Tap, a raucous, occasionally lunatic, satire of Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, March 21, 2015
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