Curly Sue

1991 "A funny story about a family... And the little girl who started it."
5.9| 1h41m| PG| en
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Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiancé.

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Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
SnoopyStyle Bill Dancer (Jim Belushi) and Curly Sue are homeless drifters running little scams to get by day to day. He has been taking care of her since her mother left her as a baby. Grey Ellison (Kelly Lynch) is a driven divorce lawyer. Bill pretends to get run over by Grey and she gives them a meal. Her cold-hearted fiancée Walker McCormick stops her from doing more despite her falling for little Curly Sue. Later, she actually truly hits him with her car. The two stays at her apartment as the trio grows closer together.Not everything is gold when it comes to John Hughes. Sometimes the formula is too formulaic. I'm good with the sugary sweet little girl. The slapstick is way too much. It's trying desperately to be Curly Sue's namesake. It's almost schizophrenic as it goes from the silliest slapstick to the most emotionally manipulative tear jerker. While I buy Grey's love for Curly, it's hard to buy the same for Grey and Bill. This needs more reality and less formula. It need less silliness and Bill should probably leave at the end.
Brandon Mullins This movie is a good and cute father-daughter partner film.I watched the film 3 times on Encore on Demand on Xfinity. This film is about 2 con artists partners.1 of them is a cute little girl.and the other one is a man that is her dad. This movie is quite funny and little inappropriate. This film is not just for kids or teenagers but also good for adults/parents to watch. This film is another film that gives you relationship/sex advice after My Girl 1&2.If you saw this title on demand and you decide not to watch it Because you thought it would be childish, then your missing out and its not childish at all.It has a lot of swearing and adult conversations and it has 1 character dealing with the attorney about their marriage. So if you like My Girl 1&2,Annie,and other films that gives you relationships/Sex advice, then you will like it.do i recommend this to: Toddlers or Infants:No.this movie is unsafe to them.under 10 kids:yes but under supervision.kids over 10:yes. Teenagers:Yes.Adults:Yes.its OK if you watch it alone or with a girlfriend/wife. You or yall will enjoy it.seniors:probably not unless you watch it with grandkids or family. Now for my review: The story:the story is about two con artists conning people to survive and they are father and daughter.so its pretty good.i like it. Music:the music sound so cute just saying. Its good too. Cast:pretty good.prefect actors and actresses for the roles. Curly sue actress:she is a cute little girl that has curly hair like annie 1982 actress and her voice sounds like Mara Wilson(actress of matilda.she acts like annie actress in 1982 annie sometimes in the.film. Graphics:none just live action film.but its a little foggy. Out of all of those:i rate this film:9/10
classicsoncall I don't even know what that means any more, having seen the film a few days ago. It probably had something to do with cashing in when the cashing in was good, so to speak, for a couple of conniving characters portrayed by Jim Belushi and Alisan Porter as his precocious sidekick daughter.I don't know, I see quite a few positive comments for the flick in the reviews here but it didn't pass any kind of credibility test for me. Belushi's a grungy drifter and having him fall for high powered attorney Grey Ellison (Kelly Lynch) and vice versa, it just doesn't fly. The picture is designed to tug at your heart strings and though it may achieve that effect at times, it's still not very believable.For kids though, I guess it plays pretty well. I watched with my granddaughter and she seemed pretty attentive for a five year old. But I had to explain who Curly from the Three Stooges was.
shelleen49 My daughter, her friends and I have watched this movie literally dozens of times. I bought it twice and some little girlfriends absconded with it. Subsequently, I rented it so very many times. It just never gets old!!! Blockbuster doesn't even have it in their listings anymore and I have tried to buy, find, rent it for over 5 years. Without a doubt, this was and is my most favourite movie of my daughter's childhood...it has it all! We laughed, we cried, we discussed real life and how hard some children have it in the world. There was nothing pretend about this movie. We related to every second and every line Bill! Thanks a million for restoring our faith in human nature. Sincerely, Shelleen and Kailin Vandermey. Craven, Saskatchewan. CANADA,eh!!! :-)August '07 update:Who are we to judge if a rich woman falls in love with a poor man; or a man who has love chooses to raise a child who is not his own. It may not be my or your life. It is not only believable, it happens every day. Thank God! Keeps my faith in human nature alive!!! celebrate!!!!