My Girl (1991)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Howard Zieff

Writer (WGA):

Laurice Elehwany (written by)

Release Date:

27 November 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Tagline:

A 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.

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Poetry | The Star Spangled Banner | Pennsylvania | Cadaver | Small Town

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Dan Aykroyd	...	Harry Sultenfuss
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Shelly DeVoto
Macaulay Culkin	...	Thomas J. Sennett
Anna Chlumsky	...	Vada Sultenfuss
Richard Masur	...	Phil Sultenfuss
Griffin Dunne	...	Mr. Jake Bixler
Ann Nelson	...	Gramoo Sultenfuss
Peter Michael Goetz	...	Dr. Welty
Jane Hallaren	...	Nurse Randall
Anthony R. Jones	...	Arthur
Tom Villard	...	Justin
Lara Steinick	...	Ronda
Kristian Truelsen	...	Charles
David Caprita	...	Ray
Jody Wilson	...	Mrs. Hunsaker

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (original rating) | USA:PG (re-rating after appeal) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8 | Germany:6 | Norway:10 | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG

Filming Locations:

Bartow, Florida, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

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).

Goofs:

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

Quotes:

Shelly DeVoto: This is Phil, Harry, Gramoo, and Vada Sultenfuss.
Danny: Vada Sultenfuss? Tough break.
Vada Sultenfuss: I like my name.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Dark Angel: Boo (#2.5)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

WITCH DOCTOR

cute, sweet, funny, great!

This movie was so good, it was a very touching, sweet and just a fun movie too watch, i liked it much better then the second and i think that anyone who likes a cute, touching, sweet movie that has little kids in it, should love it just as much as i do!