Curly Sue

PG

Released Oct 25, 1991

1 hr. 42 min.

Comedy

Drama

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13%

15 Reviews

Tomatometer

50%

25,000+ Ratings

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Bill (James Belushi) is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue (Alisan Porter). Bill and Curly Sue target Grey (Kelly Lynch), a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo. She decides to take the girl in and falls in love with Bill, but there's one problem -- Grey's jealous, conniving boyfriend, Walker (John Getz).

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Jessica L

Funny, brilliant, sad. one of the best family films A⭐️

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/08/24

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A S

Classic 90s movie that's worth watching

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/06/23

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Demented N

Home alone she ain't! Why compare the movies ! Well it compares them it's self ! You gotta be real no holding back because it's a child star. But it's a vile movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/08/23

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Willer S

One of my favorite movie from the 90s

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/24/23

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Steve D

If this is what he was producing it was time for John Hughes to retire.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

A childhood favourite of mine. I just showed my kids this heartfelt movie (9 and 11) and they loved it. Don't listen to the bad reviews. It's a wonderful family movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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John Hughes

Director

Jim Belushi

Bill Dancer

Kelly Lynch

Grey Ellison

Alisan Porter

Curly Sue

John Getz

Walker McCormick

Fred Dalton Thompson

Bernard Oxbar

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Owen Gleiberman

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Rated: D-

Sep 7, 2011

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Curly Sue is a cornball, soupy, syrupy, sentimental exercise in audience manipulation, but that's the good news, because this is a movie that works.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Harriet Waugh

The Spectator

Everyone who has to do with it -- particularly John Hughes, the writer, director and producer of it -- should be ashamed.

Jul 19, 2018

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

The film has a desperately cutesy-pie charm that drips with flop sweat.

Rated: 5/10

Nov 18, 2011

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

A disappointingly sentimental and shallow film from John Hughes about the homeless

Rated: C

Aug 10, 2011

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Synopsis

Bill (James Belushi) is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue (Alisan Porter). Bill and Curly Sue target Grey (Kelly Lynch), a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo. She decides to take the girl in and falls in love with Bill, but there's one problem -- Grey's jealous, conniving boyfriend, Walker (John Getz).

Director: John Hughes
Executive Producer: Tarquin Gotch
Screenwriter: John Hughes
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 25, 1991, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $29.7M
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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