Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
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Anna Chlumsky
Vada Sultenfuss
Macaulay Culkin
Thomas J. Sennett
Dan Aykroyd
Harry Sultenfuss
Jamie Lee Curtis
Shelly DeVoto
Richard Masur
Phil Sultenfuss
Griffin Dunne
Mr. Jake Bixler
Ann Nelson
Gramoo Sultenfuss
Peter Michael Goetz
Dr. Welty
Jane Hallaren
Nurse Randall
Anthony R. Jones
Arthur
Director
Howard Zieff
Screenplay
Laurice Elehwany
Tagline
"When your Dad's an undertaker, your Mom's in heaven, and your Grandma's got a screw loose...it's good to have a friend who understands you. Even if he is a boy."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$17,000,000
Revenue
$59,490,000
Production
Columbia Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
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