Plot
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...
Cast
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
Tom Villard
Justin
Lara Steinick
Ronda
Crew
Paul Elliott
Director of Photography
Brian Grazer
Producer
James Newton Howard
Original Music Composer
Howard Zieff
Director
Laurice Elehwany
Screenplay
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