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Whistle Stopper - Curly Sue
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List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: James Belushi, Kelly Lynch, Alisan Porter, John Getz, Fred Dalton Thompson
Directed By: John Hughes
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304340530
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0790710374
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1995-01-31
Running Time: 101
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1991-10-25
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Summary: Curley Sue
Comment: I have loved this movie since the first time i watched it when i was a child. Jim Belushi was phenominal and the little girl always cracks me up. Good Family movie. Worth Buying and watching
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Summary: Great Classic Family Movie
Comment: This is a great movie, Rewatchable many times. Great for the kids and parents, loved it and great Quality, delivered on time by Amazon
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Summary: Amazing Movie!
Comment: 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 and good singer, you fall in love with her instantly. I recommend this movie for everyone in the family!
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Summary: Fantastic Movie
Comment: I have always like this movie since I was a kid. And the best part is, is it is a great clean family movie.
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Summary: If More Comedy/Drama/Family Movies Were This Stunning...
Comment: "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 little girl and her father are homeless people who get by through pulling low-scale little scams - when the dad pretends to, say, be hit by a very expensive-looking car and mildly hurt, the two of them can often end up receiving a sympathy meal at a nice restaurant and perhaps even a place to stay for the night. (It sounds depressing, but it isn't - it skirts the path of being too downcast for a family movie without trivializing the issues it's depicting) After one incident, the woman Curly's dad Bill pretends to be injured by ends up taking them into her home; and despite her being engaged (to an approriately unlikable boor), the woman (named Grey) and Bill begin to have feelings for one another, even as Grey finds herself becoming quickly attached to Curly Sue.
At your local video store, you'll most likely find this one in the Family Movie section, where it'll easily be amongst the cream of the crop in those aisles. But it's also an uproarious comedy that outshines ninety per cent of the titles in the comedy section, and more genuinely moving and dramatic than most movies on the Drama shelves. "Curly Sue" hits every note it plays to perfection, has smashing performances (including James Belushi in his best role as Bill, Kelly Lynch as Grey, and Allison Porter unforgettable as the dynamic pint-sized fireball of a title character), and doesn't at all end up in the class of movies that are "good, but really should have been better" - it's the opposite, going well above even the high end of the potential one would think it has. An alltime winner.
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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.
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