A sure thing comes once in a lifetime... but the real thing lasts forever.
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
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Classical in form, effortless, warm and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- John CusackWalter "Gib" Gibson
- Daphne ZunigaAlison Bradbury
- Anthony EdwardsLance
- Boyd GainesJason
- Tim RobbinsGary Cooper
- Lisa Jane PerskyMary Ann Webster
- Viveca LindforsProfessor Taub
- Nicollette SheridanThe Sure Thing
- Marcia ChristieJulie
- Robert Anthony MarcucciBobby
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- Rob ReinerDirector
- Steve BloomWriter
- Jonathan RobertsWriter
- Robert ElswitDirector of Photography
- Tom ScottOriginal Music Composer
- Robert LeightonEditor
- Roger BirnbaumProducer
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