Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Joan Micklin Silver

Writers (WGA):

Frank Mugavero (story) and
Mark Goddard (story) ...

Release Date:

8 May 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A girl fed up with her quirky, disfunctional family runs away from home, casusing all of them to spend time with eachother.

Plot Keywords:

Dysfunctional Family | Teenage Girl | Breaking The Fourth Wall | Reference To Don Ho | Family Relationships

Cast

Griffin Dunne	...	David
Dan Futterman	...	Josh
Patricia Kalember	...	Barbara
Jenny Lewis	...	Corinne
Ben Savage	...	Sam
Jessica Seely	...	Jessie
Adrienne Shelly	...	Stephanie
David Strathairn	...	Keith
Trenton Teigen	...	Kurt
Margaret Whitton	...	Melinda
Hillary Wolf	...	Laura Chartoff
Sean Blackman	...	Runaway Boy #1
Joe D'Angerio	...	Mr. Zordani
Cory Danziger	...	Leonard
Leslie Kendall Dye	...	Melissa (as Leslie Engelberg)

Also Known As:

Stepkids

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Arroyo-Seco Ranger District, Angeles National Forest, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Goofs:

Continuity: As Laura is taking a picture of the Smith family (when she first meets them), she is holding the camera vertically in one shot, and then horizontally in the next.

Quotes:

[after Keith has taken away her trip to Hawaii]
Laura Chartoff: Fine! I quit this family. I hope you choke on poi! I hope your leis shrivel up and die! I hope Don Ho's show REALLY SUCKS!

Movie Connections:

References "The Brady Bunch" (1969)

Enjoyable

I watched this movie with my two daughters which are thirteen and eleven years old. They both really liked the movie (so did I). I have never even heard of this movie till I seen it on starz family channel. I would give it a 8/10