r/movies • u/shopdog • 24d ago

Question What happened to John Cusack?

Looking at his IMDB page and he's in a bunch of crap (rated 5.0 or lower) movies and a Chinese produced movies (judging from the original titles and posters).

He was in a lot of my favorite movies from the 80s until the teens and then just seemed to disappear.

Did something happen to his career? Self inflicted?

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u/Skydogsguitar 24d ago

I will forever celebrate Better Off Dead...

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u/unoriginal_user24 24d ago

Two dollars...

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u/Telewacked 24d ago

My family and I use this phrase often

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u/staunch_character 24d ago

My family cannot let a mention of raisins pass by without:

“It’s got raisins! You like raisins.”

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u/Seahearn4 23d ago

My wife and I do the "Fronch fries. Fronch dressing...."

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u/ESB823 24d ago

Cash!

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u/garbage1995 23d ago

I want my two dollars.

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u/airbrat 23d ago

Cash...

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u/xqqq_me 24d ago

Now it's a damn shame when they throw away a perfectly good white boy like that

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u/Avenge_Nibelheim 24d ago

Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is!?!

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u/Ender914 24d ago

It's pure snow!

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u/WillQuoteMovies4Food 24d ago

"And dying when you're not really sick is really sick, you know? Really!"

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u/spacemanspliff-42 24d ago

I quote this so much and nobody ever gets it.

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u/mrkruk 23d ago

Same! There are dozens of us hopefully!

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u/wongo2x 24d ago

Truly a sight to behold. A man beaten. The once great champ, now, a study in moppishness. No longer the victory hungry stallion we’ve raced so many times before, but a pathetic, washed-up, aged ex-champion.

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u/Ruffffian 24d ago

Gee Ricky, I'm sorry your mom blew up

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u/transmedium_human 24d ago

Ricky. We don't like to talk about Ricky...

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u/ExcessInModeration 24d ago

Guess she won’t be able to eat any spicy foods for awhile

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u/Ruffffian 24d ago

LANGUAGE LESSONS

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u/mrkruk 23d ago

We mustn't upset Mother.

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u/ovine_aviation 24d ago

Go that way. Really fast. If something gets in your way. Turn.

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u/bigdaddybeavis 24d ago

This mountain -- It's PURE SNOW

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u/SneedyK 24d ago

And One Crazy Summer. Just as quotable. Not as satisfying but still a lot of fun. I loved Bobcat G. since I saw him in Police Academy 2

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u/ajaclover 24d ago

Took me too long to scroll through comments to see my personal 80s fave.

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u/LaneMyer 24d ago

Me as well. Me as well

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u/PeskyPurple 24d ago

Like same here.....this is my 80s movie. It's hilarious with only a smidge of racism.

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u/Gunfighter9 23d ago

The two Asian brothers just sent that film into legend status.

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u/puggleofsteel 24d ago

And yet on the director's commentary for One Crazy Summer they say he phoned in his performance because he was so pissed that Better Off Dead didn't launch him to teen leading man stardom.

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u/Snoopaloop212 24d ago

I have this movie on VHS in its original box. It's a perfect comedy.