Big Girls Don't Cry

– Kati and Steffi have been best friends since they were six. Now they're both 17 and enjoying the ups..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 27 Minutes
Release Year:
2002
Original Name:
Große Mädchen weinen nicht
Big Girls Don't Cry (2002) - Also known as Große Mädchen weinen nicht

Kati and Steffi have been best friends since they were six. Now they're both 17 and enjoying the ups and downs of becoming adults together. While Kati's parents are religious and conservative, but argue constantly, Steffi comes from what appears to be a harmonious and liberal family. But the girls discover how quickly their attractive world can fall apart when, at a hip nightclub, they happen to see Steffi's father in the arms of another woman. Steffi is shocked, her trust in her small perfect world shaken to the core. She can only think of one thing: revenge.

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Release Date:

24 Oct 2002

Language:

German

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Maria von Heland

Writer:

Maria von Heland

Main Actors:

Anna Maria Mühe, Karoline Herfurth, Josefine Domes, David Winter

Plot:

Kati and Steffi are best friends since childhood. But as they step into adulthood, both their perfect friendship and their personalities get harshly tested by a series of unfortunate events; mainly caused by Steffi finding out her father wasn't quite faithful to her mother, and the two girls getting hit by the consequences of her delirious revenge plans. When things get out of hand, the two girls find themselves in the middle of a mess, and Kati starts questioning whether or not Steffi is really so precious to her. Where will Steffi's plans of penalizing her father's "evil" lover will end up..? Will the girls' friendship be saved..?

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
20%