Film
My Girl
1991· PG· 1h 43m· Comedy· Drama
“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.”
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
1991-11-27
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Key Crew
DirectorHoward Zieff
ScreenplayLaurice Elehwany
ProducerBrian Grazer
Director of PhotographyPaul Elliott
Original Music ComposerJames Newton Howard
EditorWendy Greene Bricmont
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Details
Released1991-11-27
Runtime1h 43m · PG
StatusReleased
StudiosColumbia Pictures · Imagine Entertainment
Budget$17M
Box office$59M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.4/10 · 2338 votes
Original languageen
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