writer or director john hughes cover all base ( a usual ) with this bitter sweet sunday afternoon family movie . curly sue be a sweet and precocious orphan and care for from infancy by bill . the pair live off their wit a they travel the great u of a. fate match them with a very pretty yuppie lawyer and and the rest be predictable . kid will love this film and a they can relate to the heroine and play by 9 year old alisan poter ( who go on to be the you go girl . of pepsi commercial ) . the character be suppose to be about 6 or 7 and a she be urge to think about go to school . some of her vocabulary suggests that she be every day of 9 or old . similar to home alone and there be plenty of slap stick and little fist punch big fat chin . again and this be formula film making and aim at a young audience . entertaining and heartwarming . don not look for any surprise and but be prepare to shed a tear or two .