Classic Friday : The Sure Thing (1985) 8/10

Starring : John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards, Nicolette Sheridan
Director : Rob Reiner
Running Time : 91 mins

When Walter 'Gib' Gibson (Cusack) is guaranteed sex from a nameless bikini clad blonde hottie (Sheridan), he decides to travel across the country to California to sow his oats, but due to a college policy that forces people to car pool he is forced to travel with Alison Bradbury (Zuniga), who is also travelling to California to see her boyfriend, and on the way everything that could possibly go wrong for them does.

This sparked a number of similar movies, such as Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Overnight Delivery and Road Trip, but this is definitely one of the better versions. Cusack and Zuniga spark off each other to great effect, and the underlying moral of choosing actual romance over definite sex is a timeless one.

You’ll like this if you liked : Planes, Trains & Automobiles