Puppy eyes, sad hair and a big boom box: John Cusack films – ranked!
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- John Cusack turns 60, prompting a Guardian ranking of his film roles that the piece characterizes as ranging from "a sympathetic scientist" to "a peevish puppeteer"
- One Cusack film highlighted in the review is set during the Great Depression in Disney style, following a tomboy named Natty who rides the rails in search of her lumberjack father — and was the writer's first encounter with Cusack
Why it matters: The piece reframes Cusack's career away from his 1980s teen-heartthrob image by spotlighting the variety of character work he took on, using his 60th birthday as the editorial hook.
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