Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
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Big Girls Don't Cry...They Get Even - originally titled Stepkids in early promotional trailers - is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Joan Micklin Silver
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) who runs away after a blowout with her family. She goes to live in a cabin with her stepbrother, Josh who also ran away because of his father's (Keith) stubbornness & belligerence. When her family comes to claim her Laura runs away on her own thinking Josh ratted her out. She meets a host of colorful characters along the way including teen robbers and an all too happy family. Her large dysfunctional family
and two local police officers search for her. After realizing she can't escape her family she returns home to embrace her extended family.
Joan Micklin Silver
Joan Micklin Silver is an American director.She was born in Omaha, Nebraska and received her B.A. From Sarah Lawrence College....
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Plot
The story of a young girl Laura Chartoff (Hillary WolfHillary Wolf
Hillary Wolf is a former American child actress and judo player. She is most notable for starring as the lead character Laura in the theatrical film Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even and for her role as Megan in the Home Alone series. She won the world judo championships for juniors in 1994,...
) who runs away after a blowout with her family. She goes to live in a cabin with her stepbrother, Josh who also ran away because of his father's (Keith) stubbornness & belligerence. When her family comes to claim her Laura runs away on her own thinking Josh ratted her out. She meets a host of colorful characters along the way including teen robbers and an all too happy family. Her large dysfunctional family
Dysfunctional family
A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often abuse on the part of individual members occur continually and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions. Children sometimes grow up in such families with the understanding that such an arrangement is...
and two local police officers search for her. After realizing she can't escape her family she returns home to embrace her extended family.
Cast
- Hillary WolfHillary WolfHillary Wolf is a former American child actress and judo player. She is most notable for starring as the lead character Laura in the theatrical film Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even and for her role as Megan in the Home Alone series. She won the world judo championships for juniors in 1994,...
as Laura Chartoff - Griffin DunneGriffin Dunne-Personal life:Dunne was born Thomas Griffin Dunne in New York City, New York, the son of Ellen Beatriz Dunne and Dominick Dunne. His mother founded the victims' rights organization Justice for Homicide Victims and his father was a producer, writer, and actor...
as David - Ben SavageBen SavageBennett Joseph "Ben" Savage is an American film and TV actor and child star of late 1980s and 1990s. Savage is best known for his role as lead character Cory Matthews on the TV sitcom Boy Meets World from 1993 to 2000....
as Sam - Adrienne ShellyAdrienne ShellyAdrienne Shelly , was an American actress, director and screenwriter. Making her name in independent films such as 1989's The Unbelievable Truth and 1990's Trust, Shelly transitioned to a writing and directing career in subsequent years...
as Stephanie - Dan FuttermanDan FuttermanDaniel Futterman is an American actor and screenwriter. Although he is known for several high-profile acting roles, including Val Goldman in the film The Birdcage, and Vincent Gray on the CBS television series Judging Amy, he is also a screenwriter...
as Josh - Patricia KalemberPatricia KalemberPatricia Kathryn Kalember is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Georgiana "Georgie" Reed Whitsig on the NBC drama Sisters , Susannah Hart Shepherd on the popular 1980s television show Thirtysomething and as Judge Karen Taten on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit .- Life and...
as Barbara - Jenny LewisJenny LewisJennifer Diane Lewis , is an American singer-songwriter musician and actress. She was the primary vocalist of the indie rock band Rilo Kiley, and has released two solo albums. She currently performs as part of the duo Jenny & Johnny with boyfriend Johnathan Rice...
as Corinne - Margaret WhittonMargaret WhittonMargaret Whitton is an American stage, film, and television actress, originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Whitton did her primary film work between 1986 and 1993. Her most visible roles were that of baseball team owner Rachel Phelps in Major League and its sequel Major League II, and as...
as Melinda - David StrathairnDavid StrathairnDavid Russell Strathairn is an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for portraying journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck...
as Keith - Trenton Teigen as Kurt
- Jessica Seely as Jessie