The Sure Thing playsīit like a postmodern, younger skewing version of the venerable Frank Capra classic It Happened One Night, with two mismatched but obviously 'meant for each other' people thrust The Sure Thing, a film which offered a young (as in teenaged) John Cusack in one of his first starring roles. Took a 180 degree turn for his next film, the sweet and strangely underappreciated 1985 'teen comedy' (more about that in a moment) Reiner, still probably best known back then for having played 'Meathead' on All in the Family, 1984 saw the release of Rob Reiner's first feature film as a director, the ebullient send up This Is Spinal Tap, a raucous, occasionally lunatic, satire of Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, March 21, 2015