John Cusack plays a college freshman who is convinced by his best friend(played by Anthony Edwards) to travel cross-country to his place, where a "Sure Thing"(well cast Nicollette Sheridan!) awaits. Along for the ride to visit her boyfriend is a fellow schoolmate(played by Daphne Zuniga) who is his polar opposite, serious minded to his goof-ball. What do you think the odds are that they will discover that, despite their differences and frequent quarrels, that they're really meant to be together? The answer is obvious in this predictable(though well cast) romantic/road comedy by director Rob Reiner, that has a few laughs(Tim Robbins mostly), but not enough to compensate, and Cusack's character isn't all that endearing either, nor Zuniga's transformation. (She wasn't so bad to begin with!)
Review of The Sure Thing
