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My Girl

1991 · 103 min

A tender, bittersweet childhood summer that balances quirky small-town humour with a raw, honest look at loss and growing up.

Tagline
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.
Overview
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...

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • family
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Howard Zieff
Written by
Laurice Elehwany
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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