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www.boxoffice.com - : ''Say Anything'' was really Cameron Crowe's coming of age as a filmmaker -- it was his first effort as a director and his second screenplay, though compared to the adolescent excesses of ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High,'' it might well be said that it was his first real screenplay in which vaguely realistic characters and relationships were central. And, impressively, when looking at it again on DVD many are bound to be struck by just how well it holds up -- better, in fact, than any of the comparable John Hughes films of the '80s. more...
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www.filmcritic.com - : Rewatch today what is inevitably going to be one of your favorite movies and see if you don't agree: John Cusack and Ione Skye are one of cinema's biggest loser couples ever. He's into kickboxing. She's the class brain. Together they're a mess, but God help us if we don't want them to end up together. more...
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4/5
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www.filmthreat.com - : At first, Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) doesn't seem to have a hell of a lot going for him. Most of his friends are girls, he lives with his bitter sister while his service parents float about overseas, and beyond a long-shot fascination with the sport of kickboxing, he has no idea what he is going to do with his life. more...
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5/5
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : She is the class brain, and so of course no one can see that she is truly beautiful - no one except for the sort of weird kid who wants to devote his life to kick-boxing and who likes her because of her brains. He calls her up and asks her out. She says no. He keeps talking. She says yes. And after their first date, she tells her father she likes him because he is utterly straightforward and dependable. He is a goofy teenager with absolutely no career prospects, but she senses that she can trust him as an anchor. more...
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4/4
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