Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991)

In the whirlwind world of Laura Chartoff, the concept of a 'normal' family is as remote as a distant star. At the tender age of thirteen, Laura navigates an existence in the colorful cosmos of her fractured family. Her parents' divorce, when she was but eight, was just the first fissure in her familial foundation. Now, she shares her orbit with her materialistic step-father Keith, her narcissistic stepsister Corrine, her militant stepbrother Kurt, and her prodigious half-brother Sam, all under the same roof. Meanwhile, her father's life is an entirely different universe, currently entangled in the throes of yet another divorce, juggling the pending arrival of twins with his youthful mistress, and barely sparing a moment for his younger daughter, Jessie. Amidst the chaos, Laura's only solace is her unlikely alliance with Josh, Keith's eldest son. When the cacophony of her home life becomes unbearable, Laura chooses flight over fight, escaping to Josh's cabin. But the inescapable gravitational pull of her family draws them to her refuge, leading her to believe Josh's betrayal. As she embarks on an odyssey of independence, her family is left to confront their shared concern for Laura, unearthing a common ground amidst the chaos. While Laura explores the exhilarating freedom and harsh realities of life on her own, she begins to discover that her convoluted constellation of a family may not be as unbearable as she once perceived. As she grapples with conflicting loyalties and the complexities of growing up, one question lingers: Is it any wonder that this young girl yearns to run away from home?

Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even is a comedy movie featuring Griffin Dunne and directed by Joan Micklin Silver.

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