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

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Joan Micklin Silver tries her mighty best to wring something substantial out of Frank Mugavero's banal sit-com screenplay concerning the effect of divorce on the divorced parents' off-spring. Hillary Wolf stars as Laura Chartoff, a lonely thirteen-year-old girl who is the victim of multiple parental… More Joan Micklin Silver tries her mighty best to wring something substantial out of Frank Mugavero's banal sit-com screenplay concerning the effect of divorce on the divorced parents' off-spring. Hillary Wolf stars as Laura Chartoff, a lonely thirteen-year-old girl who is the victim of multiple parental divorces and remarriages. She lives with her current stepfather Keith Powers (David Strathairn), a cool businessman, and her flighty, self-absorbed mother Melinda (Margaret Whitton). Her biological father David (Griffin Dunne) is a struggling artist separated from his second wife Barb (Patricia Kalember) and is now living with a younger woman Stephanie (Adrienne Shelley), who is pregnant with twins. After a fight with her mother and stepfather, Laura runs away to a rustic cabin in the woods being built by her older stepbrother Josh (Dan Futterman). When she spots Keith and Melinda walking up the road to the cabin, Laura dashes off into the forest. Reported missing, all of the members of Laura's extended family converge at the cabin to try to find her. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By: Joan Micklin Silver
Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family

In Theaters: May 8, 1992 Wide
On DVD: Sep 13, 2005
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Tim S

"Step Kids" morphed into this. Not that great.
Leo L

Slightly good! I remember watching this as a child.

Cast

            Hillary Wolf as Laura Chartoff

            David Strathairn as Keith Powers

            Margaret Whitton as Melinda Powers

            Griffin Dunne as David Chartoff

            Patricia Kalember as Barbara Chartoff

            Adrienne Shelly as Stephanie Miller

            Dan Futterman as Josh Powers

            Sean Blackman as 1st Runaway Boy

            Cory Danziger as Leonard

            Angelina Estrada as Rosario

            Googy Gress as Dad

            Jim Haynie as Sheriff

            Denis Heames as 2nd Runaway Boy

            Buck Kartalian as Dog Owner

            Keith MacKechnie as Patrolman

            Ben Savage as Sam

            Trenton Teigen as Kurt

            Michael Murphy as 4th Kid

            Ivory Ocean as Teacher

            Paul Short as 3rd Trooper

            Joseph D'Angerio as Mr. Zordani

            Bill Erickson as 1st Trooper

            Reilly Murphy as Kid #2

            Jenny Lewis as Corrine

            Meagen Fay as Mom

            Jessica Seely
            
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