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...
Dan Aykroyd | Harry Sultenfuss | |
Jamie Lee Curtis | Shelly DeVoto | |
Macaulay Culkin | Thomas J. Sennett | |
Anna Chlumsky | Vada Sultenfuss | |
Richard Masur | Phil Sultenfuss | |
Griffin Dunne | Mr. Bixler | |
Ann Nelson | Gramoo Sultenfuss | |
Peter Michael Goetz | Dr. Welty | |
Jane Hallaren | Nurse Randall | |
Anthony R. Jones | Arthur | |
Tom Villard | Justin | |
Lara Steinick | Ronda | |
Kristian Truelsen | Charles | |
David Caprita | Ray | |
Jody Wilson | Mrs. Hunsaker | |
Linda Perri | Betty | |
Nancy L. Chlumsky | Jackie | |
Glenda Chism | Thomas J.'s Mother | |
Bill Cordell | Thomas J.'s Father | |
Ray Buktenica | Danny | |
George Colangelo | Ralph | |
Anthony Finazzo | Howie | |
Shane Obedzinski | Billy | |
Zachary McLemore | Zack | |
T.J. Collazo | Boy |
Director | Howard Zieff | |
Writer | Laurice Elehwany | |
Producer | Joseph M. Caracciolo, David T. Friendly, Hannah Gold, Brian Grazer | |
Musician | James Newton Howard | |
Photography | Paul Elliott |