Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
Anna Chlumsky
as Vada Sultenfuss
Macaulay Culkin
as Thomas J. Sennett
Dan Aykroyd
as Harry Sultenfuss
Jamie Lee Curtis
as Shelly DeVoto
Richard Masur
as Phil Sultenfuss
Griffin Dunne
as Mr. Jake Bixler
Ann Nelson
as Gramoo Sultenfuss
Peter Michael Goetz
as Dr. Welty
Jane Hallaren
as Nurse Randall
Anthony R. Jones
as Arthur
Tom Villard
as Justin
Lara Steinick
as Ronda
