Curly Sue (1991)
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14% of critics liked it
(14 reviews) -
49% of users liked it
(49,210 ratings)
John Hughes dishes out the sentiment by the ladle-full in Curly Sue. The film stars James Belushi as Bill Dancer, a down-on-his-luck drifter who lives by his wits on the highways and byways of the United States, stealing free meals, slipping into movie theaters, and sleeping in welfare hotels. Bill… More John Hughes dishes out the sentiment by the ladle-full in Curly Sue. The film stars James Belushi as Bill Dancer, a down-on-his-luck drifter who lives by his wits on the highways and byways of the United States, stealing free meals, slipping into movie theaters, and sleeping in welfare hotels. Bill is also the guardian of cute pint-size moppet Curly Sue (Alisan Porter), a cutey pie cross between Little Orphan Annie and Tatum O'Neal's Addie Loggins character from Paper Moon. Bill and Curly Sue are a perfect con team, and they practice their scams when they need money for food. Pulling a knockdown car-accident scam, Bill makes hard-bitten Chicago lawyer Grey Ellison (Kelly Lynch) think that she slammed into him with her car. She buys dinner for the two mountebanks before being taken away by her snotty boyfriend Walter McCormick (John Getz). But the next morning, Grey actually does hit Bill with her car, and she takes the two back home with her. At first, Grey can't seem to get Curly Sue out of her mind, but then she finds herself falling in love with Bill. They begin to form a perfect family until Walter puts in a call to the Department of Children and Family Services. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Hughes
- Genres
- Comedy, Kids & Family
PG,
- In Theaters
- Oct 25, 1991 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
The film has a desperately cutesy-pie charm that drips with flop sweat.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
A disappointingly sentimental and shallow film from John Hughes about the homeless
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Randy White, Common Sense Media
A violent, offensive comedy.
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
Reprehensible from start to finish, and utterly manipulative and mindless to boot.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
so vacuous it's in danger of suffocating itself and everyone near it. Yet there's no denying it has a certain mindless charm....
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Cast
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James Belushi
as Bill Dancer
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Kelly Lynch
as Grey Ellison
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Alisan Porter
as Curly Sue
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John Getz
as Walter McCormick
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Fred Dalton Thompson
as Bernard Oxbar
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Cameron Thor
as Maitre d'
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Charles Adams
as Prison Guard
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John Ashton
as Mr. Arnold (uncredited)
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Gail Boggs
as Anise Hall
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James W. Bolinski
as Pawnbroker
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Marcus Lyle Brown
as Theater Patron
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Nadine Burke
as Social Worker
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Burke Byrnes
as Dr. Maxwell
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Steve Carell
as Tesio
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Carol Chickering
as Soprano
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Grace Collette
as Foster Mother
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Viveka Davis
as Trina
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Ralph Foody
as Drifter
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Alonzo Hall
as Cook
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Patricia Hooker
as 4th Store Clerk
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Tammy Karabas-Brody
as 3rd Store Clerk
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Joel Levin
as 2nd Store Clerk
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Joe Liss
as Ticket Taker
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Edie McClurg
as Secretary
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Rocco Pecirno
as Father of the Bride
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Cedrick Pipes
as Cook
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Ely Pouget
as Dinah Tompkins
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Luke Reichle
as 1st Store Clerk
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Branscombe Richmond
as Albert
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Terrie Snell
as Maggie
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Barbara Tarbuck
as Mrs. Arnold
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Susan Mayer
as Woman with Champagne Glass
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Adele Robbins
as DCGS Caseworker
- Jane Jenkins
- Janet Hirshenson
- Edie Mc Clurg
