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A Balasaur Score of 48 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 13%. Audiences rate it 46 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,380 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue. Bill and Curly Sue target Grey, a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo. But there's one problem—Grey's jealous, conniving boyfriend, Walker.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes13%
Audiences rate it 46 points higher than critics do.
585 audience votes
Key crew
- John HughesScreenplay
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
- John HughesDirector
Cast
- Jim BelushiBill Dancer
- Alisan PorterCurly Sue
- Kelly LynchGrey Ellison
- John GetzWalker McCormick
- Steve CarellTesio
- Fred ThompsonBernard Oxbar
- Edie McClurgSecretary
- Viveka DavisTrina
- Gail BoggsAnise Hall
- Ralph FoodyDrifter
- Burke ByrnesDr. Maxwell
- Barbara TarbuckMrs. Arnold
Stills
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Themes
daughterhomeless personpaternityrich woman poor manwealthpovertypoorhelping the poordepressingcliché