Say Anything... is a 1989 romance film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and marked Crowe's directorial debut. In 2002, Entertainment Weekly ranked Say Anything... as the greatest modern movie romance. This movie ranked number 11 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the fifty best high school movies. It is among the 50 best reviewed films of all time, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
Set in Seattle, Washington, the film features Lloyd Dobler (playe...
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Say Anything... is a 1989 romance film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and marked Crowe's directorial debut. In 2002, Entertainment Weekly ranked Say Anything... as the greatest modern movie romance. This movie ranked number 11 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the fifty best high school movies. It is among the 50 best reviewed films of all time, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
Set in Seattle, Washington, the film features Lloyd Dobler (played by John Cusack), a mediocre student and aspiring kickboxer who attempts a relationship with valedictorian Diane Court (played by Ione Skye) immediately after their graduation from the same high school. Diane has just won a major fellowship to study in England, and will be going there at the end of the summer. Highly intelligent and yet socially inexperienced, Diane is intrigued by Lloyd's endearing manner and willingness to take a chance on someone like her. She agrees to Lloyd's request for a date, and the two of them begin seeing each...
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