Synopsis
Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about everyone-including himself-when she returns the sentiment. But Diane's over-possessive, divorced Dad disapproves and it's going to take more than just the power of love to conquer all.
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Cast
- John CusackLloyd Dobler
- Ione SkyeDiane Court
- John MahoneyJames Court
- Lili TaylorCorey Flood
- Amy BrooksD.C.
- Pamela AdlonRebecca
- Jason GouldMike Cameron
- Loren DeanJoe
- Johnny GreenLuke
- Jeremy PivenMark
Recommandations
- 100
Entertainment Weekly
It all comes down to one scene: John Cusack, standing at dusk, boom box aloft, blaring Peter Gabriel's ''In Your Eyes'' outside Ione Skye's window. This, friends, is what rapturous, heartrending, soul-spinning love is all about. - 100
Chicago Reader
"Heathers" may view teenagers more caustically, but this movie, incomparably better, actually delivers the goods. - 90
Los Angeles Times
A film of warmth, insight, humor and surprising originality… [It] isn't perfect, but when it's good, which is every moment John Cusack is on screen, it's a living joy. And when it's not-so-good--earthbound and not inventive enough--it s till almost single-handedly redeems the breed. [14 April 1989] - 90
Washington Post
It's hard to remember a recent love story -- maybe "Moonstruck" -- that's as involving as this one. This is not to suggest that the two movies are in the same league, but this is a teen movie that transcends its teen limitations. - 88
ReelViews
Cusack invests such sincerity in his portrayal of Lloyd that it's impossible not to root for him to get the girl. He's the classic underdog that we all think of ourselves as -- earnest, engaging, and impossible to resist because of his flaws, rather than in spite of them. - 88
Chicago Tribune
Complex, knotty and at times even uncomfortable; its world has a weight and heft that makes its ultimate romanticism seem genuinely transcendant, genuinely magical. [14 April 1989] - 80
TV Guide Magazine
Seldom have such complexity, emotional depth, honesty, and realism been invested in what is ostensibly a teen love story. - 75
USA Today
Crowe has invented a fresh character in Lloyd Dobler, and Cusack has invested him with an ingratiating persona that helps avert disaster when things become a bit melodramatic in the final resolution. [14 April 1989]
