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My Girl

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.
Nov. 27, 1991USA103 Min.PG
Occasions:Family TimeSingle Night
Protagonists:The Dreamer
Problems:IdentityLoneliness
Strategies:ObservationSelf-Discovery
Settings:Small Town
Feelings:MelancholicMoved

Content

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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Ratings

Originaltitel My Girl
IMDB-Wertung 6.9 94,282 votes
TMDb-Wertung 7.406 2,173 votes

Cast & Crew

Howard Zieff
Regisseur
Anna Chlumsky isVada Sultenfuss
Vada Sultenfuss
Macaulay Culkin isThomas J. Sennett
Thomas J. Sennett
Dan Aykroyd isHarry Sultenfuss
Harry Sultenfuss
Jamie Lee Curtis isShelly DeVoto
Shelly DeVoto
Richard Masur isPhil Sultenfuss
Phil Sultenfuss
Griffin Dunne isMr. Jake Bixler
Mr. Jake Bixler
Ann Nelson isGramoo Sultenfuss
Gramoo Sultenfuss
Jane Hallaren isNurse Randall
Nurse Randall

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