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The film tells the story of an 11-year-old girl living in Madison, Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1972. The film's title refers to the classic 1964 song of the same name by The Temptations, which is also featured in the film's end credits. A book based on the film was written by Patricia Hermes. [2]
- $17 million
- James Newton Howard
- November 27, 1991
- Brian Grazer
The movie is set in Madison, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1972. Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) is a 11-year-old girl and a hypochondriac. Vada's father, Harry Sultenfuss (Dan Aykroyd), is an awkward widower who does not seem to understand his daughter, and as a result, constantly ignores her.
A film about a 11-year-old girl's loss and growth, starring Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, and Dan Aykroyd. Ebert praises the film's directness, genuineness, and respect for its characters and themes.
My Girl: Directed by Howard Zieff. With Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky. Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
- Howard Zieff
- 2 min
Darker than one might expect, MY GIRL is the story of Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky), a pre-teenage girl learning to deal with the death of her mother. Vada lives with her widower father ( Dan Aykroyd ), who runs a funeral parlor out of their home, and spends her days with her best friend, Thomas J ( Macaulay Culkin ).
- Sony Pictures
- Howard Zieff
Tomboy Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) has good reason to be morbid: her mother died giving birth to her, and her father (Dan Aykroyd) operates a funeral service out of their home. The other kids...
- (21)
- Kids & family, Drama
- PG
Nov 27, 1991 · Synopsis by Paul Brenner. Howard Zieff directed this comedy-drama about the emotional awakening of a young girl in a small Pennsylvania town during the summer of 1972. Anna Chlumsky plays eleven-year-old Vada, a quiet child living with her widowed father Harry Dultenfuss (Dan Aykroyd), a local mortician who prepares bodies in his basement.