“….This is our last dance….”
Romcom best moments: This week I am focusing my site on the joy that can be found in the romantic comedy. Today’s offerings come from Nineties spellbinders: Reality Bites(1994) & Grosse Pointe Blank(1997).
Both of these films adhere to an important rule of the modern romcom - the male lead must be flawed yet loveable - Ethan Hawke (Before Sunrise and Sunset) does this extremely well here.
But it’s pretty hard to argue against the definitive modern romcom hero: John Cusack (Say Anything, Sixteen Candles, High Fidelity, Must Love Dogs), who has starred in brilliant romcoms spanning three decades! What a pedigree.
My all-time favourite Cusack scene is above. The immaculate pairing of a contract killer with a gorgeous baby to the beat of ‘Under Pressure’ says it all…
