Apex Mountain

Say Anything... The Rewatchables June 10, 2020

Ione Skye is placed at her acting apex; Cusack has two broader peaks, while Singles wins Seattle movies and other film or career apexes are debated.

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Ione’s role is placed at her apex because Diane is judged her best character.
Cusack’s career is described as having a Say Anything peak and another around Conair, Being John Malcovic, and High Fidelity.
John Mahoney and Cameron Crowe are rejected as peaking here, and Lauren Dean’s Joe is debated against Enemy of the State.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or The Breakfast Club is preferred for 1980s high-school-movie apex.
Singles wins Seattle-movie apex even though Say Anything may be the better film.
Better Call Saul is offered as the stronger nursing-home-fraud example.