A homeless man and his young companion, who survive by conning people, meet a woman who may need them even more than they need her.A homeless man and his young companion, who survive by conning people, meet a woman who may need them even more than they need her.A homeless man and his young companion, who survive by conning people, meet a woman who may need them even more than they need her.
- Awards
- 1 win
Jim Belushi
- Bill Dancer
- (as James Belushi)
Fred Thompson
- Bernard Oxbar
- (as Fred Dalton Thompson)
Steve Carell
- Tesio
- (as Steven Carell)
Lyle Browne
- Theater Patron
- (as Lyle Brown)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSteve Carell and Adele Robbins' film debut.
- GoofsWhen Grey comes home from work and Bill is still gone she corrects Sue about her language. Sue is wearing brand new Nike shoes, yet she is clearly dressed in Grey's clothes not new ones of her own. The shoes mysteriously appear before the shopping trip. Then when she gets taken by social services she is in her cruddy old shoes again.
- Quotes
Curly Sue: And if she doesn't come out - We freeze our nuts off.
Bill Dancer: You don't have any nuts to freeze off, honey.
- Alternate versionsOn the digital platforms, the opening and closing Warner Bros. Pictures logos were both plastered with the 2003 variants.
- SoundtracksYou'll Never Know
Written by Steve Dorff and John Bettis
Produced by Steve Dorff
Performed by Ringo Starr
Courtesy of Private Music
Featured review
If "Curly Sue" doesn't warm the cockles of your heart, you're dead.
Good story. Good script. Good casting. Good acting. Good directing. Good art direction. Good photography. Good sound. Good editing. Good everything. Put it all together and you end up with good entertainment.
The shame of it is that there aren't nearly enough films of this caliber being made these days. We may count ourselves lucky that writers/directors like John Hughes are occasionally able to make their creative voices heard.
Whenever I notice that I'm watching a film for the third or fourth time and still find it thoroughly satisfying I have to conclude that something about that film is right.
The shame of it is that there aren't nearly enough films of this caliber being made these days. We may count ourselves lucky that writers/directors like John Hughes are occasionally able to make their creative voices heard.
Whenever I notice that I'm watching a film for the third or fourth time and still find it thoroughly satisfying I have to conclude that something about that film is right.
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,691,313
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,974,958
- Oct 27, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $33,691,313
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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