The Sure Thing
The Sure Thing is a 1985 American romantic comedy Christmas road film directed by Rob Reiner and starring John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Viveca Lindfors, and Nicollette Sheridan. The film chronicles the cross-country journey of college students Walter Gibson (Cusack) and Alison Bradbury (Zuniga) as they make their way from New England to Los Angeles over Christmas break, each in an effort to meet their ideal romantic match.
Plot
High school senior Walter "Gib" Gibson and his best friend Lance are celebrating the fact they are moving on to college, but all Gib can do is lament the fact that he has lost his touch with women. Lance heads to UCLA while Gib moves on to college in New England. The two keep in touch by writing letters, but Gib's luck has not changed. His attempt to woo the ambitious, pensive Alison Bradbury from his English class by tricking her into tutoring him only results in his angering and alienating her. Eventually, he receives a phone call from Lance telling him to come to California for Christmas break because he has set him up with a beautiful girl, assuring him she is a "sure thing".
More details
| author | Jonathan Roberts |
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| director | Rob Reiner |
| editor | Robert Leighton |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | arizona beautiful girl best friend bicker christmas break christmas carol cocktail party credit card english class first time hitchhike middle of nowhere mixer morning moving on new england phone call sexual harassment sexually harasses talk think train station truck driver wake up write |
| musicBy | Tom Scott |
| producer | Andrew Scheinman Henry Winkler Roger Birnbaum |
| productionCompany | Monument Productions |
| publisher | Embassy Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | high school road movie romantic comedy |