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

United States

1992

98 Min

Color

English

Currently 2.4/5 Stars.
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EXEC Melissa Goddard, Peter Morgan

PROD Gerald T. Olson, Laurie Perlman

SCR Frank Mugavero, Mark Goddard, Melissa Goddard

CAST Griffin Dunne, Dan Futterman, Patricia Kalember, Jenny Lewis, Ben Savage, Jessica Seely, Adrienne Shelly, David Strathairn, Trenton Teigen, Margaret Whitton, Hillary Wolf

Teenager Laura Chartoff (Hillary Wolf) is wracked by low self-esteem — a direct result of being constantly shuffled between her various families, whose members include Laura’s self-absorbed stepfather (David Strathairn), her mother (Margaret Whitton), her real father (Griffin Dunne) and his 19-year-old girlfriend (Adrienne Shelly). Things come to a head when Laura ditches her family while on vacation in Hawaii. Joan Micklin Silver directs.

Director

Joan Micklin Silver

Joan Micklin Silver (born May 24, 1935) is an American director.

She was born Joan Micklin in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Doris (Shoshone) and Maurice David Micklin. She received her B.A. From Sarah Lawrence College. In 1956, she married Raphael D. Silver, with whom she has 3 daughters; Raphael’s father was Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver.

Her early low-budget film Hester Street received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for actress Carol Kane. Her 1977 film Between the Lines was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. She is also known for the film Crossing Delancey which was released in 1988 and stars Amy Irving. She also conceived and directed the musical revue A… My Name Is Alice with Julianne Boyd. —Wikipedia