Hot Pursuit

Written by Murphy
Published March 30, 2003

I think every female who was young in the 80s fell in love with John Cusack after Say Anything. On the basis of the Cusack's picture on the cover, I rented Hot Pursuit.

What a movie! all notmals boundaries of the plausible are thrown out the window. It starts with Cusack's girlfriend sneaking into his all-boys' high school and keeping him from passing his chemistry final. It ends with Cusack throwing grenades and firing a machine gun to save her from pirates.

He flunks his chemistry test, so he can't go on the cruise to the Carribean with her rich family. BUt it's true teenage love! So he finds a way to follow her and just miss her for the whole vacation.

As unbelievably cheesy as it is, Cesack still pulled off his 'boyfriend' role perfectly. Maybe that's his whole genius. The man gives a perfect movie kiss. With the little funny, awkward wisecrack beforehand. It works.

There was also a good King Lear scene where he curses the storm (he's in a boat).

Murphy Horner is a long-time BlogCritic. Murphy’s first book The Parable of Miriam the Camel Driver draws from her experience in corporate America to examine the bigger questions about balancing career and creativity. Murphy Horner has been working as a conferencing technology professional for a decade. Her university alumni association has recognized her as a noted female executive. Currently she is working on a travel memoir and can be found facilitating a writing group in her town of Claremont, Ca.
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#1 — March 30, 2003 @ 18:24PM — Dawn

Better Off Dead, and A Sure Thing were absolute favorites. I *heart* John Cusack!!

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