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  • Goodman and Cusack join Confessions crew - 5 March 2008
    The Big Lebowski star John Goodman and Grosse Point Blank's Joan Cusack are to team up as the parents of Wedding Crashers actress Isla Fisher for a new comedy, according to reports in Hollywood.-Industry paper Variety says Goodman and Cusack, who also appeared in Hig

Joan Cusack - what members say


  • Grosse Pointe Blank
  • Grosse Pointe Blank review by from London
    Rated - 5 stars If I was a girl I'd marry John Cusack (if he'd have me) 14 October 2003
    ...John Cusack is the epitome of cool; Minnie Driver, Joan Cusack, Alan Arkin and Dan Akroyd have NEVER been better. If you like your movies twisted and unusual - you know, a...  
  • Addams Family Values
  • Addams Family Values review by Hierophant from Suffolk
    Rated - 5 stars The happiest of families 13 May 2004
    ... et al - are uniformly excellent but the standout for me is, and ever shall be, Joan Cusack's jaw dropping turn as Debbie, wife and psychopath. Breaking the family up,...  
  • Arlington Road
  • Arlington Road review by from scotland
    Rated - 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST ENDINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN 24 March 2004
    ...er, Michael starts having misgivings about Oliver and Cheryl Lang (Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack), and begins investigating them. He soon realises that the Langs are definitely...  

Joan Cusack - filmography


  • Toy Story 3
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Tim Allen,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Lee Unkrich
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "Toy Story 3" brings to life more adventures from Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of Andy's toys as they go on the road and out of Andy's room.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 286 members
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  • Confessions of a Shopaholic on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Isla Fisher,  Hugh Dancy,  Joan Cusack
    Director: P.J. Hogan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping--a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door--until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 13,365 members
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  • My Sister's Keeper (2009)
    Starring: Cameron Diaz,  Alec Baldwin,  Abigail Breslin
    Director: Nick Cassavetes
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the best-selling novel, Nick Cassavetes My Sister's Keeper stars Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric as a married couple whose life is altered forever when they discover their two year old daughter Kate has leukemia. Their only hope to save Kate is to conceive another child, Anna. Throughout ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 273 members
    Due for release on 23rd November 2009
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  • War Inc. on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Marisa Tomei,  Hilary Duff,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Joshua Seftel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Joshua Seftel's fierce political satire features an all-star cast headed by John Cusack. Set in a fictionalized Middle East, the film takes United States foreign affairs to comic extremes in a world where corporations rule and wars are completely outsourced. At the start of the film, Turaqistan is ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 2,291 members
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  • Martian Child on DVD (2007)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Joan Cusack,  Amanda Peet
    Director: Menno Meyjes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on an award-winning short story by sci-fi luminary David Gerrold, Martian Child sees John Cusack as a recently widowed science fiction writer who forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy he adopts who claims to be from Mars. The new couple ignore some sage ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 7,493 members
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  • Chicken Little on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Zach Braff,  don knotts (voice),  Joan Cusack
    Director: Mark Dindal
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Disney's first venture into the realm of CGI animation (without Pixar) tells the tale of all-animal town Oakey Oaks's most infamous resident, Chicken Little (voiced by Zach Braff), who causes town-wide panic when he claims the sky is falling. A year later he's still shunned by everyone, including ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 21,981 members
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  • Raising Helen on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Kate Hudson,  John Corbett,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Garry Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Helen Harris (Kate Hudson) is a rising star in the New York City fashion world, just on the brink of being promoted to agent at a premiere modeling agency. The sudden death of her older sister (Felicity Huffman) and her brother-in-law shocks Helen from her exciting life of photo shoots, nightclubs, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 18,978 members
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  • School Of Rock on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jack Black,  Joan Cusack,  Mike White
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    SCHOOL OF ROCK is a hilarious romp that parents will enjoy as much as their children. Jack Black stars as Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star who doesn't seem to be rocking much of anything these days. Kicked out of the band that he started and about to be kicked out of his apartment, Dewey pretends ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 54,040 members
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  • High Fidelity on DVD (2000)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Jack Black,  Lisa Bonet
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Transplanted from England to the not-so-mean streets of Chicago, the screen adaptation of Nick Hornby's cult-classic novel High Fidelity emerges unscathed from its Americanisation, idiosyncrasies intact, thanks to John Cusack's inimitable charm and a nimble, nifty screenplay (co-written by Cusack). ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 17,702 members
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  • Toy Story 2 on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Tim Allen,  Joan Cusack
    Director: John Lasseter
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Ever wonder what toys do when people aren't around? Disney/Pixar's TOY STORY answers that question with a fantastic fun-filled journey, viewed mostly through the eyes of two rival toys- Woody, the lanky, likable cowboy, and Buzz Lightyear, the fearless space ranger. Led by Woody, Andy's toys live ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 45,690 members
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  • Runaway Bride on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Richard Gere,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Garry Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A down-and-out big-city reporter (Richard Gere), in a last-ditch effort to save his tarnished career, chases a scoop on a mercurial, small-town girl (Julia Roberts) known as the Runaway Bride, due to her habit of leaving her grooms-to-be on the alter. Director Marshall once again directs the stars ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 11,757 members
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  • Arlington Road on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Tim Robbins,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Mark Pellington
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    George Washington University professor Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) teaches a course in terrorism, but after his wife, an FBI agent, is killed under questionable circumstances, he becomes obsessed with the topic. An all-American family moves in across the street, but Faraday soon suspects that ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 7,315 members
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  • In And Out on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Tom Selleck,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Frank Oz
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    After three chaste years of engagement, popular high school teacher Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) is finally getting married, and his upcoming wedding to Miss Emily Montgomery (Joan Cusack) is the talk of their small, friendly town. But when a hometown boy-made-movie star outs Howard as gay during ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,584 members
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  • Nine Months on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Julianne Moore,  Tom Arnold
    Director: Chris Columbus
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Samuel Faulkner's (Hugh Grant) fruitful, happy life completely falls apart when long-time girlfriend Rebecca (Julianne Moore) suddenly announces she's pregnant. The thought of fatherhood and responsibility terrifies Samuel--who just happens to be a child psychologist. Although he does try hard to ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 6,249 members
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  • Toys on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Joan Cusack,  Michael Gambon
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Robin Williams stars in this surreal anti-war fantasy directed by Barry Levinson (RAIN MAN, DINER). Williams plays Leslie Zevo, the son of a fun-loving toymaker. Leslie and his sister, Alsatia (Joan Cusack,) grew up surrounded by their father's whimsical creations in the fantastic factory that he ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,305 member
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  • My Blue Heaven on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Steve Martin,  Rick Moranis,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Flamboyant mobster Vinnie (Steve Martin) is relocated by the Witness Protection Program from New York City to suburban California until it is time for him to testify against his former associates. But he quickly bores of life in middle-class America and starts up his own little racket. These ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 258 members
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  • Say Anything on DVD (1989)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Joan Cusack,  Ione Skye
    Director: Cameron Crowe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Cameron Crowe's directorial debut, John Cusack plays Lloyd Dobler--an average guy with a penchant for kickboxing. There is only one thing that all-around nice guy Lloyd wants for his high school graduation--a date with beautiful valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye). Lloyd's dream comes true ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 5,439 members
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Joan Cusack - watch online


  • School Of Rock to Watch Now (2003)
    Starring: Jack Black,  Joan Cusack,  Mike White
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 108 minutes
    Jack Black stars as a hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur. Kicked out of his band and desperate for work, he impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers. Joan Cusack portrays the principal of the private school ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 275 members
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Joan Cusack facts

5 most recent films

Toy Story 3 - 3.5 stars
Confessions of a Shopaholic - 3.5 stars
My Sister's Keeper - 4.0 stars
My Sister's Keeper - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Confessions of a Shopaholic - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

My Sister's Keeper - 4.0 stars
Toy Story 2 - 3.5 stars
Toy Story 3 - 3.5 stars
Grosse Pointe Blank - 3.5 stars
High Fidelity - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Allnighter - 2.5 stars
Hoodwinked 2 - Hood vs. Evil - 3.0 stars
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl - 3.5 stars
My Sister's Keeper - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
War Inc. - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Cusack - 7 times - show films
Alec Baldwin - 4 times - show films
Wallace Shawn - 3 times - show films
Abigail Breslin - 3 times - show films
Jack Black - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Barry Sonnenfeld - 2 times - show films
Mark Dindal - 2 times - show films
Richard Linklater - 2 times - show films
P.J. Hogan - 2 times - show films
Garry Marshall - 2 times - show films