The comic story of a nine-year-old girl who sues her parents for divorce. Through a series of flashbacks, it is revealed how the girl's parents wrote a script that made them millions, but left their daughter out of the family picture.
A comedy about the dissolution of a marriage, Hollywood-style. Filmmaker Albert Brodsky leaves wife Lucy in the dust when his career takes off like a rocket. But it's their nine-year-old daughter who's suing for divorce -- from her parents!
Color by Technicolor.
Shown at the Cannes Film Festival market May 14, 1984.
Directorial debut for writer Charles Shyer.
DVD Features:
Region [unknown]
NTSC
Keep Case
Full Frame
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish
Interactive Features:
Trivia Track
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Detailed Synopsis:
In a tale alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation.
Writer
Nancy Meyers: American writer/director/producer, WHAT WOMEN WANT (2000)
Review 1:
"...O'Neal and Long spark off a nice romantic chemistry....Wanamaker and Garfield turn in effective support work..."
Source: Variety
05/16/1984
Review 2:
"[T]he script scores some clever jabs at the vapid self-absorption of show-biz types....Film buffs should enjoy its genially amusing riff on '70s Hollywood mythology..."
Source: A.V. Club
04/22/2009
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