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Curly Sue is a 1991 American comedy drama film directed by John Hughes, who also wrote and produced the movie. The cast includes Jim Belushi, Kelly Lynch, Alisan Porter, and John Getz. The narrative is set in Chicago, where filming also took place. The film was released in the United States in late 1991, with distribution handled by Warner Bros. Pictures and Hughes Entertainment.
The story follows a homeless person and involves themes of paternity and the relationship between a rich woman and a poor man. The runtime is 101 minutes, and the original language is English. Georges Delerue composed the score, and Jeffrey L. Kimball served as director of photography. The film has received varying review scores, including 13% and a 3.8 out of 10 rating, while generating revenue of 33,691,313.
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6.4Bill 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. Bill and Curly Sue target Grey, a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo. But there's one problem—Grey's jealous, conniving boyfriend, Walker.
Cast
- Jim Belushi as Bill Dancer
- Alisan Porter as Curly Sue
- Kelly Lynch as Grey Ellison
- John Getz as Walker McCormick
- Steve Carell as Tesio
- Fred Thompson as Bernard Oxbar
Themes
- daughter
- homeless person
- paternity
- rich woman poor man
- wealth
- poverty
- poor
- helping the poor
- depressing
- cliché
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- children's film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Hughes
- Screenwriter
- John Hughes
- Composer
- Georges Delerue
- Producer
- John Hughes
- Cinematographer
- Jeffrey L. Kimball
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 798694
Show 3 more facts
- title
- Curly Sue
- review score
- 13%
- publication date
- 1992-08-05
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