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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 Steve Owen 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 wintermute 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 STEVE MARTIN 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


  • War Inc. (2008)
    Starring: Marisa Tomei,  Hilary Duff,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Joshua Seftel
    Certificate: TBC
    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 ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (48%)
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  • Martian Child on DVD (2007)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Joan Cusack,  Amanda Peet
    Director: Menno Meyjes
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (66%)
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  • Chicken Little on DVD (2005)
    Starring: zach braff (voice),  Zach Braff,  joan cusack (voice)
    Director: Mark Dindal
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (60%)
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  • Raising Helen on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Kate Hudson,  John Corbett,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Garry Marshall
    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, ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (60%)
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  • School Of Rock on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jack Black,  Joan Cusack,  Mike White
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: PG
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (71%)
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  • High Fidelity on DVD (2000)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Jack Black,  Lisa Bonet
    Director: Stephen Frears
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (74%)
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  • Toy Story 2 (2 discs) on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Tim Allen,  Joan Cusack
    Director: John Lasseter
    Certificate: U
    In this dazzling sequel to the 1995 blockbuster, Andy heads off to summer camp, leaving the toys behind to fend for themselves. In much the same way Buzz discovered he is a mass-produced product in the first installment, Woody discovers that he is a valuable collectible spawned by a popular 1950s ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (76%)
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  • Arlington Road on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Tim Robbins,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Mark Pellington
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (71%)
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  • Runaway Bride on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Richard Gere,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Garry Marshall
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (57%)
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  • Grosse Pointe Blank on DVD (1997)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Minnie Driver,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: George Armitage
    Certificate: 15
    A nihilistically philosophical hit man (John Cusack) reluctantly accepts an assignment in Detroit, coinciding with his 10-year high school reunion in the ritzy suburb of Grosse Point, Michigan. While in town, he tries to patch things up with the girlfriend (Minnie Driver) he abandoned on prom night,...
    Rate this: 3.5 (76%)
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  • In And Out on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Tom Selleck,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Frank Oz
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (62%)
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  • Nine Months on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Julianne Moore,  Tom Arnold
    Director: Chris Columbus
    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 ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (54%)
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  • Toys on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Joan Cusack,  Michael Gambon
    Director: Barry Levinson
    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 ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (56%)
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  • Say Anything on DVD (1989)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Joan Cusack,  Ione Skye
    Director: Cameron Crowe
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (68%)
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  • Working Girl on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Sigourney Weaver,  Harrison Ford,  Melanie Griffith
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: 15
    A young secretary (Melanie Griffith in an Oscar-nominated performance) with dreams of moving up the corporate ladder thinks that her brains will help her achieve her goals. And when she finds a job with a seemingly helpful and sympathetic boss who's also a woman (played by Sigourney Weaver) it ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (70%)
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  • Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
    Starring: Abigail Breslin,  Joan Cusack,  Glenne Headly
    Director: Patricia Rozema
    Certificate: TBC
    Bright, inquisitive and generous, Kit Kittredge is a natural born leader. But her happy childhood is abruptly interrupted when her father loses his car dealership and must leave Cincinnati to look for work. Kit and her mother Margaret are left to manage on their own, growing vegetables, selling ...
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Joan Cusack - downloads


  • School Of Rock for Download (2004)
    Starring: Jack Black,  Joan Cusack,  Mike White
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: PG
    Buy from: £6.99
    Run time: 105 minutes
    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 ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (75%)
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Joan Cusack facts

5 most recent films


Toy Story 3 - 4.5 stars
Hoodwinked 2 - 3 stars
War Inc. - 2.5 stars
Martian Child - 3.5 stars
Friends with Money - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


Toy Story 2 - 3.5 stars
Grosse Pointe Blank - 3.5 stars
Working Girl - 3.5 stars
High Fidelity - 3.5 stars
Arlington Road - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Kit Kittredge: An American Girl - 3 stars
Hoodwinked 2 - 3 stars
War Inc. - 2.5 stars
Toy Story 3 in Disney Digital 3-D - 3.0 stars
My Blue Heaven - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


John Cusack - 7 times - show films
Wallace Shawn - 4 times - show films
Tom Hanks - 3 times - show films
Jack Black - 3 times - show films
Don Rickles - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Garry Marshall - 2 times - show films
Lee Unkrich - 2 times - show films
Mark Dindal - 2 times - show films
Richard Linklater - 2 times - show films
Lewis John Carlino - 1 times - show films