John Cusack's best movie

wow, i'd better watch 'grosse point blank' again. i remember it being pretty funny but i can't remember much about it other than wishing it had someone other than minnie driver -- most unwatchable actress ever.

he doesn't want to go to his reunion! he's only in town because he's supposed to whack somebody in town the same week!

Maybe obvious, but I always figured this happened on purpose - Joan C's character deliberately messed with his jobs to force him to Grosse Pointe and thus have to go to the reunion as well. This bears out when you see Grocer getting pissed cos the job's been pulled out from under him (when he spits out his pen and goes "alternate vendor? WHAT fucking alternate vendor?" I lol).

Thus, Grocer is pissed at him stealing his job so he goes after him... the CIA guys are after him for stealing their "we don't assasinate people, we do our jobs" angle, and hilarity of crossed purposes ensue.

Speaking of which, Hank Azaria's role in this film is totes underrated. I love that guy.

speaking of which, america's sweethearts is great

minnie driver is an absolute delight, idk what happened to her career

*cautiously waves sarcasm meter around*

I feel sorry for Grace Is Gone.

_dying_ at shakey in this thread

i know right! i've been speechless

"its like the premise of Cars. does not compute"

theyre cars... who are alive.

*shakes head* nahhhhh. no way!

but american psycho... that's some convincing depiction of a psychopath right there (and it's funny too)

hahahahaha max

a psychopath who is superficially charming...? couldn't be!

so youre telling me these guys... dress up as women... to escape from the mob?

does. not. compute.

nuns on the run?

agree with contenderizer tho about the end, which is the whole reason why the

~let my love open the door~
*holds baby*
this changes everything epiphany

scene just derails the movie for me

good morning!

well, I guess it could be a thing for ppl who want to have babies

who says "good morning" 17 minutes before noon? completely unconvincing, I don't buy it.

time travel

babies solve nothing.

unless you need a cheap source of baby meat

"cheap"

$60k/lb

and that's for a fresh, white baby!

man swift really didnt factor in inflation

Babies, fyi, solve pension crises iirc

still GPB.

"are you alright?"

"No, I'm NOT all right! I'm hurt, I'm pissed... I gotta find a new job!"

"You must have done some naughty shit there, Bart! There's a contract out on your life. I should know, I was hired to kill you. But I'm not going to do it. It's either because I'm in love with your daughter, or I have a newfound respect for life."

"That punk is either in love with that guy's daughter, or he has a newfound respect for life!"

I used to have such a thing for John Cusack. But in my opinion GPB is where he started coasting. I'd have said High Fidelity, but upon looking at his filmography, there's not a lot of there there.

Love & Mercy is probably my favorite of his since Grosse Point Blank

it’s not for everyone but i just love his portrayal of wilson, i like how he stops short of doing an impression but somehow still physically carrying and/or suggesting all of the turmoil

that was a good'un, yes, and I saw it during the throes of my BB obsession

Yeah he was good in that movie.

Anyone seen Grand Piano? I found it in a list of underrated thrillers and saw it had Cusack and Elijah Wood and was written by Damien Chazelle - surprised I'd never heard of it, with those names. It's a decent enough high-concept thriller but Cusack doesn't make much of an impression. Elijah commits much better to the ridiculous concept