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The Sure Thing is a 1985 romantic comedy
Romantic comedy

Romantic comedy is a hybrid genre in which a story about romantic love is presented in a comedic style. Works in this genre are generally considered light-hearted, and are sometimes associated with the vaguely derogatory terms "chick lit" or "chick flick", meaning "primarily aimed at a woman audience"....
 directed by Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner

Robert "Rob" Reiner is an United States actor, Film director, Film producer, writer, and political activist. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's son-in-law, Michael Stivic, on All in the Family....
 and written by Stephen L. Bloom and Jonathan Roberts
Jonathan Roberts (writer)

Jonathan Roberts is an United States author, screenwriter, and television producer. His credits as a writer include The Lion King and Monsters, Inc....
. It features John Cusack
John Cusack

John Paul Cusack is an United States film actor and screenwriter. He won the 1990 Most Promising Actor CFCA Award for Say Anything..., the 1998 Favorite Supporting Actor Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Con Air, and the 2000 Commitment to Chicago Award....
, Daphne Zuniga
Daphne Zuniga

Daphne Eurydice Zuniga is an United States actress....
, Anthony Edwards
Anthony Edwards

Anthony Charles Edwards is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor and television director. He has appeared in various movies and television shows, including Top Gun , Zodiac , Revenge of the Nerds, Northern Exposure and ER ....
, Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins

Timothy Francis Robbins is an Academy Award winning United States actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer, Activism and musician. He is the longtime domestic partner of actress Susan Sarandon....
, Boyd Gaines
Boyd Gaines

Boyd Payne Gaines is an American stage, film, and television actor. He has received four Tony Awards for his work.Gaines was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Ida and James Gaines....
, and Nicollette Sheridan
Nicollette Sheridan

Nicollette Sheridan is a Golden Globe-nominated United Kingdom-born American actress. She has appeared in soap operas, movies and television series, and is perhaps best known for her roles as Paige Matheson on Knots Landing and as Edie Britt on Desperate Housewives....
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The Sure Thing is a 1985 romantic comedy
Romantic comedy

Romantic comedy is a hybrid genre in which a story about romantic love is presented in a comedic style. Works in this genre are generally considered light-hearted, and are sometimes associated with the vaguely derogatory terms "chick lit" or "chick flick", meaning "primarily aimed at a woman audience"....
 directed by Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner

Robert "Rob" Reiner is an United States actor, Film director, Film producer, writer, and political activist. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's son-in-law, Michael Stivic, on All in the Family....
 and written by Stephen L. Bloom and Jonathan Roberts
Jonathan Roberts (writer)

Jonathan Roberts is an United States author, screenwriter, and television producer. His credits as a writer include The Lion King and Monsters, Inc....
. It features John Cusack
John Cusack

John Paul Cusack is an United States film actor and screenwriter. He won the 1990 Most Promising Actor CFCA Award for Say Anything..., the 1998 Favorite Supporting Actor Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Con Air, and the 2000 Commitment to Chicago Award....
, Daphne Zuniga
Daphne Zuniga

Daphne Eurydice Zuniga is an United States actress....
, Anthony Edwards
Anthony Edwards

Anthony Charles Edwards is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor and television director. He has appeared in various movies and television shows, including Top Gun , Zodiac , Revenge of the Nerds, Northern Exposure and ER ....
, Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins

Timothy Francis Robbins is an Academy Award winning United States actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer, Activism and musician. He is the longtime domestic partner of actress Susan Sarandon....
, Boyd Gaines
Boyd Gaines

Boyd Payne Gaines is an American stage, film, and television actor. He has received four Tony Awards for his work.Gaines was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Ida and James Gaines....
, and Nicollette Sheridan
Nicollette Sheridan

Nicollette Sheridan is a Golden Globe-nominated United Kingdom-born American actress. She has appeared in soap operas, movies and television series, and is perhaps best known for her roles as Paige Matheson on Knots Landing and as Edie Britt on Desperate Housewives....
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Plot summary

The plot centers on the characters of Walter 'Gib' Gibson (Cusack), a sex-obsessed college student in New England
New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
, and Allison Bradbury (Zuniga), a beautiful but uptight student in Gib's English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 class. Both of them travel to California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 over Christmas
Christmas

Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts Twelve Days of Christmas....
 break, Allison to see her boyfriend, and Gib to meet the "sure thing", a girl who will have sex with him with no strings attached.

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