Reviews
Reviews for The Sure Thing were mostly positive with a rating of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Film critic Roger Ebert praised the film and called it a "small miracle" for its handling of teenage material in an era when movies like Porky's were the norm. In a review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote that The Sure Thing was "glowing proof of two things: Traditional romantic comedy can be adapted to suit the teen-age trade, and Mr. Reiner's contribution to This Is Spinal Tap was more than a matter of humor". "This film gets my unapologetic nomination for greatest film ever made," said Michael Dare of LA Weekly.
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