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My Girl is a american film of genre Drama directed by Howard Zieff released in USA on 27 november 1991 with Dan Aykroyd
My Girl (1991)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 november 1991
Length 1h42
Directed by Howard Zieff
OriginUSA
Themes Children's films
Rating69%
My Girl is a 1991 American tragicomedy film directed by Howard Zieff and written by Laurice Elehwany. The film, starring Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky in her feature film debut, depicts the coming-of-age of a young girl who faces many different emotional highs and lows. Also starring Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis.
A book based on the script was written by Patricia Hermes in 1991.
A sequel, My Girl 2, was released in 1994.
Synopsis
In the summer of 1972 in Madison, Pennsylvania, Vada Sultenfuss is an 11-year-old tomboyish girl and a hypochondriac. Vada's father, Harry Sultenfuss, is an awkward widower who does not understand his daughter, so he constantly ignores her. His profession as a funeral director, for which the Sultenfuss' residence serves as a funeral parlor, has led Vada to develop an obsession with death. Vada regularly tends to her invalid grandmother Gramoo, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease and whose wandering mind likewise affects Vada. Harry's brother Phil, who lives nearby, also stops by frequently to help out the family.Actors
Dan Aykroyd
(Harry Sultenfuss)
Jamie Lee Curtis
(Shelly DeVoto)
Macaulay Culkin
(Thomas J. Sennett)
Anna Chlumsky
(Vada Sultenfuss)
Peter Michael Goetz
(Dr. Welty)
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