There’s something about the score that plays right as the movie opens, and you see Curly Sue and Bill, her father, walking. This movie is one of those I mentioned in a previous post when I said that certain movies made me want to build wealth or achieve a certain degree of success.
I think it’s because my environment wasn’t always stable. There were times when it was, but often it wasn’t. When I was little, stability was on and off, but as I got older, it became less constant. This drew me towards movies where there was some potential form of long-term stability, like in Curly Sue.
Here is the theme score that gets me every time!
The movie had the stability through another character named, Grey Ellison, a woman, who happens to be a lawyer. This looked promising to me. There’s something about watching someone not have a worry about finances in the world. Financial stability wasn’t the only issue I faced as a child, but it was there.
So, I became interested in understanding how I could have a life like the characters I admired on screen. I liked the idea of someone owning their own home, having a nice career, and being able to afford food and basic essentials without worry and I wanted to be that someone too.
Often, I’d watch movies like these and want to understand how the characters got to that point in their lives. What was their job? What did they do? What college did they go to? I just wanted to understand their life.
I really enjoyed watching characters like Peter McAllister from “Home Alone,” Howard from “Jingle All the Way,” and Grey from “Curly Sue,” Scott Calvin from “The Santa Claus” among plenty of others.
The movie “Curly Sue” is about a little girl who is homeless with her father for those who have not seen it. They get into schemes to try to survive. There’s a scene where they are hungry and want some food, so the father tries to distract a waiter while Curly Sue tries to get some food.
One night, they see Grey Ellison, walking to her car, and they decide to run a scheme by pretending that Grey hits Bill with her car. This ends with Grey taking them to a pizza joint where they get to have a meal paid for.
The story is about how Grey, Bill, and Curly Sue end up crossing paths and navigating life together. It’s just one of my favorite movies, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good, heartfelt movie with a 1990s, kind of ’80s vibe.
The reason I’m writing this post is because I just found out “Curly Sue” is free on YouTube, and I felt nostalgic as soon as the theme score came on. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to finish it tonight, but these kinds of movies remind me why I’m doing what I’m doing.
Along with other things that remind me to stay focused. In a previous post, I talked about why I started this blog and what made me become an investor. It’s because at one point in my life, I didn’t have a pot to piss in, so to speak. That made me really want to not only save but also invest to own some form of assets for my household and take the chance to build wealth through the stock market.
With that said I leave you with this one piece of advice: when you’re on a journey, sprinkle your life with little things that remind you of why you’re doing what you’re doing.
Sometimes, when you’re in the middle of the process, it’s easy to forget because you’re so consumed by the action. When you start seeing progress, you might forget why you started in the first place because that initial hunger or fear is no longer there.
Having simple motivational reminders can keep you on that path. Remember, it’s the long game, not the short game, that you’re aiming for. These reminders will help you continue to grow even when things start coming together, even when you start seeing some type of success. You’ll still continue to grow, improve, and stay focused on what you’re trying to achieve.
P.S I must warn you that the Curly Sue Movie has a pretty rough rotten tomatoes score with a spilled popcorn bucket, some people calling it “Cheesy,” or here is one from the late Roger Ebert…
” Curly Sue is a cornball, soupy, syrupy, sentimental exercise in audience manipulation, but that’s the good news, because this is a movie that works.”
But again if you’re into watching movies just for the heck of it, or enjoy the 1990’s, 80’s vibe that had music scores and heartfelt moments left in the past then Curly Sue might be just for you. For me, I will always appreciate the contrast of rough living from comfortable living and the balance of knowing you need to have a bit of everything in your life for it to make it whole.
What is the point of a big house if you don’t share it with someone you can build a life with? Share experiences and create memories? Grow and build together? And sharing both the good and bad times? Remember that life and life’s comforts shouldn’t be taken for granted.
The Broke College Student 
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