Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
What’s a teenage girl to do with a crazy new stepfamily?
1992 | 96m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Joan Micklin Silver |
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| Writer: | Frank Mugavero, Melissa Goddard, Mark Goddard |
| Staring: |
| A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other. | |
| Release Date: | May 08, 1992 |
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| Director: | Joan Micklin Silver |
| Writer: | Frank Mugavero, Melissa Goddard, Mark Goddard |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | experiment, camping, narration, stepparents, vacation, dysfunctional family, family relationships, author, dating, swimming, divorce, family reunion, hitchhiking, lying, running away, woman director, extended family, stepsiblings |
| Production Companies | New Line Cinema |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $271,327
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 06, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Hillary Wolf | Laura Chartoff |
| Griffin Dunne | David |
| Dan Futterman | Josh |
| Patricia Kalember | Barbara |
| Jenny Lewis | Corinne |
| Ben Savage | Sam |
| Jessica Seely | Jessie |
| Adrienne Shelly | Stephanie |
| David Strathairn | Keith |
| Trenton Teigen | Kurt |
| Margaret Whitton | Melinda |
| Sean Blackman | Runaway Boy #1 |
| Joe D'Angerio | Mr. Zordani |
| Cory Danziger | Leonard |
| Leslie Kendall Dye | Melissa |
| Bill Erickson | Trooper #1 |
| Angelina Estrada | Rosario |
| Meagen Fay | Mom |
| Ashton Flinders | Kid #6 |
| Ethan Flinders | Kid #5 |
| Marc Grapey | Employee |
| Googy Gress | The Dad |
| Jim Haynie | Sheriff |
| Samir Kamoun | Driver |
| Denis Heames | Runaway Boy #2 |
| Buck Kartalian | Dog Owner |
| Salomon I. Marx | Trooper #2 |
| Keith MacKechnie | Patrolman |
| Harmony Murphy | Kid #3 |
| Lori June Moore | Concerned Camper |
| Michael Murphy | Kid #4 |
| Reilly Murphy | Kid #2 |
| Shaggy Murphy | Kid #2 |
| Ivory Ocean | Teacher |
| Joann Passantino | Runaway Girl |
| Joey Sciacca | Hank |
| Paul E. Short | Trooper #3 |
| Solly Marx | Trooper #2 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joan Micklin Silver | Director |
| Sandra Lee Gimpel | Stunt Coordinator |
| Robin Twogood | Driver |
| Chris Joachims | Driver |
| Jennifer Watson | Driver |
| Roland Wilson | Driver |
| Chris Wentzel | Driver |
| Joanna L. Jones | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Scotty Bergstein | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Kate Richey | Casting Assistant |
| Erin D. Field | Production Assistant |
| Steven Melching | Production Assistant |
| Martin Bresin | Special Effects Coordinator |
| James Vanko | Extras Casting |
| Dan Muscarella | Color Timer |
| Vivian Hengsteler | Negative Cutter |
| Deborah Moore | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Lynn Salvatori | Stunts |
| David LeBell | Stunts |
| Tom Elliott | Stunts |
| Frank Mugavero | Story, Screenplay |
| Melissa Goddard | Story |
| Bruce Alan Greene | Steadicam Operator |
| Patrick Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Theo van de Sande | Director of Photography |
| Janice Hampton | Editor |
| Linda Lowy | Casting |
| Victoria Paul | Production Design |
| Brad Ricker | Art Direction |
| Joyce Anne Gilstrap | Set Decoration |
| Jane Ruhm | Costume Design |
| Ken Golden | Unit Production Manager |
| David Sardi | First Assistant Director |
| Robert Leveen | Second Assistant Director |
| Timothy Gray | Production Executive |
| Dan Kaplow | Production Coordinator |
| Annie Welles | Script Supervisor |
| Daniel Silverberg | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Joe Fineman | Executive In Charge Of Post Production |
| Gail Rodono | Production Controller |
| Benjamin Whitehouse | Production Accountant |
| Phillip L. Rosen | Attorney |
| David Hennings | Camera Operator |
| Briggs Palmer | First Assistant Camera |
| Jamie Barber | First Assistant Camera |
| Maurizio Dotto | Second Assistant Camera |
| Mark Tamny | Second Assistant Camera |
| John T. Connor | Second Assistant Camera |
| Brian Bernstein | Steadicam Operator |
| Erica Huggins | Additional Editor |
| Stuart Sperling | Assistant Editor |
| Nicolas Martin | Assistant Editor |
| Shopan Entesari | Music Supervisor |
| Wendy Hedin | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Louis Cerborino | Sound Editor |
| Starr Furlotte | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sue Blainey | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Richard Q. King | Assistant Sound Editor |
| David Wahnon | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Allan K. Rosen | Music Editor |
| Greg Sheldon | Music Editor |
| Edward Karam | Orchestrator |
| Hal Levinsohn | Dialogue Editor, ADR Editor |
| Nancy Cabrera | Foley Artist |
| Brian Vancho | Foley Artist |
| Newton TerMeer | Gaffer |
| John Maninger | Best Boy Electric |
| Stephenie Blakemore | Electrician |
| Waide R. Allen | Electrician |
| Kimo Easterwood | Electrician |
| Willie E. Dawkins | Electrician |
| William K. Koski | Electrician |
| Joseph Ressa | Electrician |
| Michael Lambert | Electrician |
| Mark Shane Davis | Key Grip |
| Charles M. Smallwood | Best Boy Grip |
| Tony Mazzucchi | Best Boy Grip |
| Charley Gilleran | Best Boy Grip |
| Levon Besnelian | Dolly Grip |
| Tom Nichols | Dolly Grip |
| Amy Laakman-Davis | Grip |
| Randolph J. Verdigo | Grip |
| Louis Cicero | Grip |
| Kevin 'Rambo' Fitzgerald | Grip |
| Terry O'Deen | Grip |
| Daniel Pershing | Grip |
| Bill Pierson | Grip |
| Brent Brewington | Boom Operator |
| Susumu Tokunow | Sound Mixer |
| Michael S. Day | Property Master |
| Cheri Candido | Assistant Property Master |
| Scott Tomlinson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Jon Boyden | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Melissa Merwin | Costume Supervisor |
| Sandy Kenyon | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Anne Carter Parker | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Linda De Andrea | Key Makeup Artist, Hair Supervisor |
| Angela Levin | Key Hair Stylist, Key Makeup Artist |
| Gandhi Bob Arrollo | Makeup Department Head |
| Susan Mayer | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| John Damiani | Assistant Hairstylist, Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Phil Tubach | Leadman |
| Wendy Smith | Art Department Coordinator |
| Eric Ramsey | Storyboard Artist |
| Rob Brown | Construction Coordinator |
| Robert de Vico | Construction Foreman |
| Chris Snyder | Construction Foreman |
| Tony Salome | Location Manager |
| Ed Berghino | Assistant Location Manager |
| Anne Strick | Unit Publicist |
| Ryan Nellis | Still Photographer |
| Moore Brian | Transportation Coordinator |
| Patrick Joseph Moore | Transportation Captain |
| Stephen Gray | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Carl Algee | Driver |
| Richard Burch | Driver |
| Rob Morton | Driver |
| Lori June Moore | Driver |
| Louis Ciceros | Driver |
| Dan Rycerz | Driver |
| Rebecca Forbes | Driver |
| Patrick Ryco | Driver |
| Tony Sgueglia | Driver |
| Tom Goodman | Driver |
| John Hunt | Driver |
| Mark Goddard | Story |
| Darryl Cowherd Jr. | Electrician |
| Maya Shimoguchi | Set Designer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Melissa Goddard | Executive Producer |
| Peter Morgan | Executive Producer |
| Gerald T. Olson | Producer |
| Laurie Perlman | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 5 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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