My Girl

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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 think she's a freak, and it certainly doesn't help that her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Macaulay Culkin), is a boy. To make matters worse, Vada is desperately in love with her English teacher, Mr. Bixler (Griffin Dunne). What's an 11-year-old girl to do?

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My Girl has a mostly sweet story and a pair of appealing young leads, but it's largely undone by its aggressively tearjerking ending.

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Sarah Fonseca

Autostraddle

When I watched My Girl as a kid, I spent 80% of the movie having Schwinn Bicycle and mood ring envy. Now, I'm also able to appreciate [the] dialogue...

Nov 3, 2018

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

My Girl has some sweet, funny moments (the cast is uniformly appealing), yet it unfolds in a landscape of paralyzing, pop-psych banality.

Rated: C+

Sep 7, 2011

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Variety Staff

Variety

It’s a rough summer for an 11-year-old, but director Howard Zieff paints it in the manner of a watercolor of a youthful idyll.

Mar 26, 2009

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Erik Childress

The Friendship Dilemma Podcast

A film that renders a beautiful adolescent friendship wonderfully played by Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky, in one of the great child performances, while also not fumbling away confronting genuine lessons about grief and loss for young people.

Rated: 4/4

Jun 6, 2024

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

My Girl is an exercise in mawkish sentiment, an exploitation picture for the whole family.

Oct 11, 2019

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Elliot Panek

Common Sense Media

Coming of age tale tackles death; for older kids.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 1, 2011

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Ainsley S This movie is my all time favorite. Vada and Thomas j's relationship is the cutest thing ever. Thomas j does die, but it's an amazing movie for older kids. This movie is really comforting for me as well. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/12/24 Full Review Fabrícia F Uma história comovente e eficaz em trazer a perspectiva do primeiro amor na infância. A amizade leal que se torna algo mais. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/09/24 Full Review Luca B One of the most touching stories in Hollywood history. Anna and Macaulay's acting together formed a bond that would become unbreakable for decades. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/08/24 Full Review Lisa M Gloomy feel, heart aching moments, coming of age film…this film is certainly not for everyone. Some may find characters overly indulgent in their proclivity to melancholy, but i found the film endearing. Reflects a life often troubled and sometimes without clear solution. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/30/24 Full Review Alana F One of my favorite movies oat, must watch. It’s such a bittersweet movie and has so many amazing moments Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/23/24 Full Review Prabudhjeet A Young love. Wanted to tell your crush but can't. Instead doing something for your crush so that they don't forget you even if you are not meant to be together.Just love this movie Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Howard Zieff Director Anna Chlumsky Vada Margaret Sultenfuss Macaulay Culkin Thomas J. Sennett Dan Aykroyd Harry Sultenfuss Jamie Lee Curtis Shelly DeVoto Richard Masur Phil Sultenfuss

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My Girl: Official Clip - First Kiss