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Well, DTMTBD was kinda doomed, at minimum as significantly as reviews (it really is 35 per cent clean on Rotten Tomatoes), but it made a modest $25 million at the box place of work on a $10 million finances. Additional importantly, even though, it has liked fairly the afterlife, starting to be a hit many thanks to video store rentals and countless replays on cable.

“The cult pursuing of Do not Inform Mom is so stunning, simply because the movie did not do effectively when it came out,” Applegate instructed Wide variety in 2022. “I was so like, ‘I only want to do indies’ [to be taken more seriously]…And in this article was this studio movie, and I was like, ‘I’m selling out, person!’ God, I despise that human being I’d do anything to do a studio movie these times. Now, that ‘I’m ideal on top rated of that, Rose!’ is even now anything that men and women quote all these a long time later—30 yrs later—freaks me out. But it strike a chord.”

The ever-upbeat Cassidy, meanwhile, couldn’t believe DTMTBD was not more properly-obtained when it first arrived out.

“It was adorable,” she told BuzzFeed. “This film really should have been large.”