Curly Sue
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Curly Sue

1991Movie1 h 42 minPG

ComedyDrama
35
WeakGoodWatch score
IMDb5.9Letterboxd3.0/5Rotten Tomatoes13%50%
35
WeakGoodWatch score
IMDb5.9Letterboxd3.0/5Rotten Tomatoes13%50%

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

Skip it if

  • You want dark or edgy material

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  • Warms you up.
  • Lifts you up.
  • Feels like comfort food.
  • Takes you back.
  • Hits close to home.

Not for scares, brutality or big ideas.

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Tropes

Orphan's Plot Trinketin 208 titlesThe ring which belonged to Sue's mother serves as an interesting variant of this trope. Sue and Bill are homeless, and the ring is stolen by another homeless man early in the film.Department of Child Disservicesin 240 titlesThe social worker who apprehends Sue gives the impression of being cold and methodical, bluntly telling Grey that it's "irrelevant" that she loves Sue, as opposed to the destitute but fatherly Bill;…All 34 tropes

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