The Sure Thing
At 37% across 133 head-to-head matchups, The Sure Thing is still building its BingeBracket record. Cusack at eighteen, before he became Cusack — that alone gives the film a specific kind of charm voters underrate because they've never heard of it. The recognition deficit is real, but the people who've seen it tend to defend it harder than they defend more obvious films. It ranks among the weakest 1980s performers on the platform.
Synopsis
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
The American President at 50% is as close to a dead heat as the platform produces. Every vote matters in this one. This Is Spinal Tap is the easy matchup at 67%. Misery is the kryptonite at 8%. The gap between best and worst opponent says a lot about what The Sure Thing can and can't handle.
The Sure Thing owns Inconceivable! Rob Reiner's Golden Age. This Is Spinal Tap is the usual final opponent, and at 67% it's not much of a contest.
#7 of 8 for Rob Reiner. Not every film in a filmography can lead — The Sure Thing competes in the middle of a catalog headed by The Princess Bride (68%).
Dead last in Inconceivable! Rob Reiner's Golden Age.
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