Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304340530 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 0790710374 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: January 31, 1995 Running Time: 101 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: October 25, 1991 Sales Rank: 7014
Description: Chicago. Another town, another innocent scam for vagabond Bill Dancer (Jim Belushi of K-9 and Red Heat) and the curly-topped orphan he's cared for since infancy. But this time, bill hits the jackpot: his newest con whisks them both from the poorhouse to the penthouse with lots of laughs along the way.
Nine-year-old Alisan Porter (Parenthood, Stella) teams with Belushi, taking the title role in John Hughes' comedy that charmed moviegoers from coast to coast. Kelly Lynch (Road House, Drugstore Cowboy) joins the heartwarming fun as a yupwardly mobile attorney who falls for their scheme and takes them home. It's a situation that seems too good to be true. And it turns topsy-turvy when Lynch's jealous boyfriend intervenes.
Reviewer Pat Collins of WWOR-TV pronounced Curly Sue "the feel-good comedy of the season." But with Hughes' wisecracking wit and tender touch, it's really a prize entertainment for any season.
Amazon.com: An endearing rags-to-riches family comedy of a wandering scam artist and his streetwise, curly-headed sidekick, this guilty pleasure ranks with John Hughes's best films. Curly Sue is the story of the street-hardened yet tender Bill Dancer (Jim Belushi) and orphaned accomplice Curly Sue (Alisan Porter). Curly Sue and Bill scam Grey Ellison (Kelly Lynch), an unsuspecting power attorney, out of a hot meal and a penthouse bed. Grey warms to the adorable Sue and the diamond-in-the-rough Bill and cools to her ruthless profession as the trio begins to feel more like a family. John Getz plays Walker McCormick, Grey's stuffy, affected boyfriend who tries his best to force the vagabonds on to the next train out of Chicago. Belushi is well cast for this role, blending grit and heart nicely, but it's the charming performance of Porter that steals most scenes. Imagine a modern Annie through the witty eye of hit filmmaker Hughes and you have Curly Sue. --Sarah Chace
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great Classic Family Movie
This is a great movie, Rewatchable many times. Great for the kids and parents, loved it and great Quality, delivered on time by Amazon
Rating: - Amazing Movie!
This is a romantic comedy that everyone should have in their collection. James Belushi did a very good work with this characterization, as the tutor of little Curly Sue. Alisan Porter is so cute, smart ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic Movie
I have always like this movie since I was a kid. And the best part is, is it is a great clean family movie.
Rating: - If More Comedy/Drama/Family Movies Were This Stunning...
"Curly Sue" has the kind of premise that, usually, end up being only partially realized in movies. They end up good, but with a feeling that they could have been a lot better. In "Curly Sue", the title ... Read More
Rating: - Bittersweet comedy-drama
This a great movie. I saw it when it first came out in 1991 and have liked it ever since. It has a bittersweet storyline about a little girl, and her adoptive father who start out by trying to con a single, rich ... Read More
- Great Classic Family Movie