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Overview

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5.8/10   396 votes
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Director:
Paul Schneider
Writers (WGA):
Percy Adlon (screenplay)
Joyce Eliason (teleplay)
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Release Date:
14 February 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Shy, fat girl vows to win over a hunky subway conductor. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Great and Touching. Better than you think! more (24 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ricki Lake ... Grace

Craig Sheffer ... Rob
Nada Despotovich ... Keri
Paul Benedict

Betty Buckley ... Wanda
John Karlen ... Al
Cynthia Dale ... Olivia
Erik King

Olga Merediz ... Check-out girl
Elena Kudaba ... Neighbor
Alana Salvatore ... Elsa
Nicole Greenspan ... Lisa
Marguerite Pigott ... Saleslady
Tom Harvey ... Judge
Deborah Cass ... Mortuary woman #1
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Remake of Zuckerbaby (1985), a German film starring Marianne Sägebrecht and Eisi Gulp. more
Quotes:
Rob: Those guys are a bunch of yoyo's they really are. Well sometimes I feel like I gotta be a part of it. Ya know um to be a real man, and then when I'm there I'm mostly embarrassed. Grace!
[Rob grabs Grace]
Grace: Just let go! Let's say it! I'm obesely overweight, I'm Fat, and I'm disgusting!
Rob: Would you stop it! Stop saying that junk! Just listen to me I was, I was a real jerk back there ok, That is not the way I really feel. And I'm sorry. And I like you Grace. I like you a lot.
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Movie Connections:
References The Trollenberg Terror (1958) more
Soundtrack:
Monkey Business more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Great and Touching. Better than you think!, 2 July 2004
8/10
Author: Old70115 from United States

Rikki Lake proves to be a great and touching actress. She proved she was funny in "Hair Spray" but proves she could make us cry! In this movie she plays a young woman who works in the morge! Not a happy place. Her best friend is a "world in ending" type. In this Love seems to be in the air for everyone! Its the holidays and everyone seems to be in love. Now working in the morge doesn't make life any rosier! After her dad gets married she lies about having a boyfriend and she gets a little depressed. Later on before she knows it she is smitten with a man that drives a train! She then will do anything to get a date from him! The co-stars in this movie are all great in the roles they play! Betty Buckley is just perfect!

A must see!

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dvd? halloweentowngirl
Grace was shallow swtdelt
Did anyone else wonder what happend after the dancing scen in the park? sef11-1
Grace deserved better than Rob! kimyf65
did anyone else love this movie?? Anya1976
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