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

Big Girls Don't Cry...They Get Even
Directed by	Joan Micklin Silver
Produced by	Gerald T. Olson
Written by	Mark Goddard
Starring	Hillary Wolf Griffin Dunne Patricia Kalember Ben Savage Adrienne Shelly Dan Futterman Margaret Whitton David Strathairn
Music by	Patrick Williams
Cinematography	Theo van de Sande
Editing by	Janice Hampton
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	May 8, 1992 (1992-05-08)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1 million
Box office	$271,327

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.

Plot

The story of a young girl Laura Chartoff (Hillary Wolf) who runs away after a blowout with her family. She goes to live in a cabin with her stepbrother, Josh (Dan Futterman) who also ran away because of the stubbornness & belligerence of his father Keith (David Strathairn). 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.

Cast

• Hillary Wolf as Laura Chartoff
• Griffin Dunne as David
• Ben Savage as Sam
• Adrienne Shelly as Stephanie
• Dan Futterman as Josh
• Patricia Kalember as Barbara
• Jenny Lewis as Corinne
• Margaret Whitton as Melinda
• David Strathairn as Keith
• Trenton Teigen as Kurt
• Jessica Seely as Jessie

Reception

Big Girls Don't Cry...They Get Even was a massive disappointment grossing a scant $271,327 and the film disappeared from theaters four weeks in 1991 before its release in 1992

External links

• Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even at the Internet Movie Database