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Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even

1992 · 96 min

A gentle, quirky comedy about family chaos that feels like a warm hug, with moments of mild tension and heartfelt reconciliation.

Genres
Comedy
Tagline
What’s a teenage girl to do with a crazy new stepfamily?
Overview
A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • found family
  • love
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Joan Micklin Silver
Written by
Frank Mugavero
Starring
Hillary Wolf, Griffin Dunne, Dan Futterman, Patricia Kalember, Jenny Lewis, Ben Savage, Jessica Seely, Adrienne Shelly
Music
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Cinematography
Theo van de Sande
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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