My Girl (1991)

Taglines:

When your Dad's an undertaker, your Mom's in heaven, and your Grandma's got a screw loose...it's good to have a friend who understands you. Even if he is a boy.

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 November 1991 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Mi primer beso See more »

Filming Locations:

Bartow, Florida, USA See more »

Budget:

$16,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$59,847,242 (USA)

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Imagine Entertainment See more »

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Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Trivia

The film's original title was "Born Jaundiced", which the producers understandably elected to change. To do that, they offered a $500 incentive to whichever Imagine employee who could come up with the best alternative. As a lot of the film is set in a funeral parlor, a lot of the suggestions were along the lines of "Mourning Glory", "In Lieu of Flowers" and "Dearly Departed". Other alternatives included "Vada!" (the name of Anna Chlumsky's lead character) which was rejected on the grounds that it sounded like a South African uprising, and "I Am Woman". Ultimately, it was the film's producer Brian Grazer who came up with My Girl (and presumably pocketed the $500 reward himself). See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The hook falls out of fish's mouth twice. See more »

Quotes

Shelly: She won't come out. It's been a whole day. You have to do something, Harry.
Harry: The funeral's starting.
Shelly: Open your eyes, she's eleven years old! Her only friend in the world is dead.
Harry: I know that, but what do you want from me?
Shelly: Stop hiding, Harry! You run, Harry. When I first came here, the idea of working with dead people didn't exactly thrill me. When I saw a family that lived here, I thought, if I'm living without a family, at least I can work with one and maybe, once in a while, be invited in for supper.
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Connections

Featured in "20 to 1: Child Stars: Where Are They Now? (#6.6)" (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"WILDFLOWER"
Written by Doug Edwards & Dave Richardson
Performed by The Skylarks
Courtesy of Capitol Records
by arrangement with CEMA Special Markets See more »