Big Girls Don't Cry
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61% Critic Match

Big Girls Don't Cry

6.1 / 10 2002 1h 27mNR German
Drama

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Anna Maria Mühe

Anna Maria Mühe

Kati

Lead
Karoline Herfurth

Karoline Herfurth

Steffi

DW

David Winter

Carlos

JD

Josefine Domes

Tessa

Nina Petri

Nina Petri

Ann

Stefan Kurt

Stefan Kurt

Hans, Steffis Vater

Teresa Harder

Teresa Harder

Jeanette, Tessas Mutter

Matthias Brandt

Matthias Brandt

Jost, Katis Vater

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Maria von Heland's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Big Girls Don't Cry is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker