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Movie

My Girl

1991PG1h 43m7.4 / 10

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...

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Checked Jul 22, 2026

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Synopsis

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...

More about My Girl

Cast

Anna ChlumskyVada Sultenfuss
Macaulay CulkinThomas J. Sennett
Dan AykroydHarry Sultenfuss
Jamie Lee CurtisShelly DeVoto
Richard MasurPhil Sultenfuss
Griffin DunneMr. Jake Bixler
Ann NelsonGramoo Sultenfuss
Peter Michael GoetzDr. Welty

Credits

Directed by
Howard Zieff
Written by
Laurice Elehwany

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Collection
My Girl Collection
Budget
$17M
Box office
$59.5M

Production

  • Columbia PicturesUnited States
  • Imagine EntertainmentUnited States

Themes

1970sbeehivecamperchildhood crushcosmetologistdeathdeath in childbirthfather daughter relationship