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==Critical reception==

''Say Anything...'' received critical acclaim. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 98% based on 4749 reviews, with an average rating of 8.101/10. The website's consensus reads, "One of the definitive Generation X movies, ''Say Anything'' is equally funny and heartfelt—and it established John Cusack as an icon for left-of-center types everywhere."<ref>{{cite web |title=Say Anything... (1989) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/say_anything/ |access-date=DecemberOctober 1516, 20212023 |work=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a score of 86 based on reviews from 1819 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |title=Say Anything... |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/say-anything |access-date=AprilOctober 416, 20202023 |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |title=Say Anything (1989) B+ |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date=20 December 2018 |work=CinemaScore}}</ref>

Giving the film four stars out of four, ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' film critic [[Roger Ebert]] called ''Say Anything...'' "one of the best films of the year—a film that is really about something, that cares deeply about the issues it contains—and yet it also works wonderfully as a funny, warmhearted romantic comedy."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|title=Say Anything|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/say-anything-1989|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|publisher=Ebert Digital LLC|date=April 14, 1989|access-date=January 13, 2017}}</ref> He later included it in his 2002 Great Movie list, writing, "''Say Anything'' exists entirely in a real world, is not a fantasy or a pious parable, has characters who we sort of recognize, and is directed with care for the human feelings involved."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|title=Great Movie: Say Anything|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-say-anything-1989|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|publisher=Ebert Digital LLC|date=February 17, 2002|access-date=January 13, 2017}}</ref>