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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>
[[Pauline Kael]] in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' was similarly enthusiastic, writing, "It's a slight movie, but that's not a put-down. Its slightness has to do with the writer-director Cameron Crowe's specialty: he's wired into teen-age flakes and the sloppy, exuberant confusion of high-school dating. Crowe is great here on oddity and fringe moments; the comedy helps to dry out the romanticism -- to give it lightness and a trace of enchantment."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kael |first= Pauline|date= May 15, 1989|title=The Current Cinema: Young Stuff |url=https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1989-05-15/flipbook/120/ |magazine= The New Yorker|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref>
In a less positive review, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it a "half-baked love story, full of good intentions but uneven in the telling." But, the review also said the film's "[a]ppealing tale of an undirected army brat proving himself worthy of the most exceptional girl in high school elicits a few laughs, plenty of smiles and some genuine feeling."<ref>{{cite web|title=Say Anything...|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117794651|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 31, 1988|access-date=January 13, 2021}}</ref> In a mixed review, Caryn James of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote:
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