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My Girl

  • 1991
  • PG
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
86K
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Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky in My Girl (1991)
Theatrical Trailer from Columbia Pictures
Play trailer2:18
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ComedyDramaFamily

A young girl on the threshold of her teen years finds her life turning upside down when she is accompanied by an unlikely friend.A young girl on the threshold of her teen years finds her life turning upside down when she is accompanied by an unlikely friend.A young girl on the threshold of her teen years finds her life turning upside down when she is accompanied by an unlikely friend.

  • Director
    • Howard Zieff
  • Writer
    • Laurice Elehwany
  • Stars
    • Anna Chlumsky
    • Macaulay Culkin
    • Dan Aykroyd
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    86K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,334
    616
    • Director
      • Howard Zieff
    • Writer
      • Laurice Elehwany
    • Stars
      • Anna Chlumsky
      • Macaulay Culkin
      • Dan Aykroyd
    • 171User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations

    Videos1

    My Girl
    Trailer 2:18
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    Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky in My Girl (1991)
    Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Anna Chlumsky in My Girl (1991)
    Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky in My Girl (1991)
    My Girl (1991)
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    Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky in My Girl (1991)
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    Top cast

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    Anna Chlumsky
    Anna Chlumsky
    • Vada Sultenfuss
    Macaulay Culkin
    Macaulay Culkin
    • Thomas J. Sennett
    Dan Aykroyd
    Dan Aykroyd
    • Harry Sultenfuss
    Jamie Lee Curtis
    Jamie Lee Curtis
    • Shelly DeVoto
    Richard Masur
    Richard Masur
    • Phil Sultenfuss
    Griffin Dunne
    Griffin Dunne
    • Mr. Bixler
    Ann Nelson
    Ann Nelson
    • Gramoo Sultenfuss
    Peter Michael Goetz
    Peter Michael Goetz
    • Dr. Welty
    Jane Hallaren
    Jane Hallaren
    • Nurse Randall
    Anthony R. Jones
    • Arthur
    Tom Villard
    Tom Villard
    • Justin
    Lara Steinick
    Lara Steinick
    • Ronda
    Kristian Truelsen
    Kristian Truelsen
    • Charles
    David Caprita
    David Caprita
    • Ray
    Jody Wilson
    • Mrs. Hunsaker
    Linda Perri
    Linda Perri
    • Betty
    Nancy L. Chlumsky
    • Jackie
    Glenda Chism
    • Thomas J.'s Mother
    • Director
      • Howard Zieff
    • Writer
      • Laurice Elehwany
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Screenwriter Laurice Elehwany said the film was inspired by a childhood friend that lived in a funeral home.
    • Goofs
      When Vada bounces her ball along the hall, it only makes the sound of a ball hitting a hard surface, despite landing on a thick woven wool rug at least half of the times she bounces it.
    • Quotes

      Vada: [after Vada and Thomas kiss] Say something, it's too quiet.

      Thomas J. Sennett: Umm, ummmmm...

      Vada: [agitated] Just hurry.

      Thomas J. Sennett: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America...

      Vada, Thomas J. Sennett: ...And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Beauty and the Beast/Black Robe/My Girl/Meeting Venus (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      My Girl
      Written by Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson) and Ronald White

      Performed by The Temptations

      Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.

    User reviews171

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Excellent Family Entertainment
    God knows, good family entertainment is hard to come by. In my considered opinion, My Girl is an outstanding exception from this rule. I have not read the book the film is based on. I would not be surprised, if it turned out to be much more superior to the film version; I, for one, find it unfortunately too often a case. However, judged on its own merits, the movie scores as high a rating as 8 in my book--in terms of achieving its purpose: pleasing the whole spectrum of possible viewers. The story-line is nicely balanced, with just the right mixture of the human situation drama, realism, insight into child psychology and optimism. One might argue that in the film finale Veda is shown as having too quickly recovered from her supposedly terrible and tragic loss, but children are indeed this way, and the depth of her earlier suffering is sure evidence that this chapter of her life will be forever locked into her conscience. It is exactly the balance I want my daughter exposed to. The dialog is fine: mature enough to show Veda's precociousness without overdoing it and to give the parents some intellectual pleasure and simple enough, on the other hand, for children to follow without losing themselves in its complexities. I regard myself as a poor judge of acting, but having said that, I find the acting in My Girl totally satisfying. If I may venture a guess, I'd say that, e.g., Jack Nickelson at his best would be to a large extent lost on the younger audience and would not be missed by adults who expected just to have great time with their kids together. That my wife and I have had.
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    10
    • demid
    • Dec 29, 1998

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 27, 1991 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • L'été de mes 11 ans
    • Filming locations
      • 555 East Stanford Street, Bartow, Florida, USA(Sultenfuss House / Funeral Parlour)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Imagine Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $17,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $59,489,799
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,391,783
      • Dec 1, 1991
    • Gross worldwide
      • $59,489,799
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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