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Curly Sue (1992)
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Movie Review by AJ 
July 19th, 2006
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I imagine that Curly Sue is worse than I make it out to be. Even though I am no fan of John Hughes, I detected that this was quite less than what he is capable of (perhaps that's why this is currently his last film as director?). But there's a certain element to the film that kept me from hating it, and it certainly wasn't the thick layer of cornball cheese that it was coated with. I have a very huge soft spot for father/child relationships, and this actually has a pretty sweet one, between James Belushi's Bill (who it turns out is not really a father) and little Alisan Porter's title precocious kid Curly Sue. Without that poignant relationship, there would be a lot less to commend the movie for than there already is: The script is conventional and familiar, some of the comedy bits are just painful to sit through, and almost all of the characters seem to be functioning at the level of stereotype. But God help me, the relationship between Bill and Curly Sue just got to me for some reason or another. I can't really help that I didn't think this movie was entirely awful, though I certainly wouldn't tell you to go out and rent it.
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