Anna Chlumsky, Dan Aykroyd, Griffin Dunne

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...( read more  read more... ) him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, in his funeral parlor, and begins to fall in love with her, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.

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PG, 102 min.

Directed by: Howard Zieff

Release Date: November 27, 1991

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DVD Release Date: May 26, 1998

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  • September 24, 2009
    It?s a shame they cut out the bit where Macaulay Culkin got killed by bees
  • July 2, 2008
    This one is good but to sad to see very often. Maybe once every 5 years.
  • February 17, 2008
    This was sad and kind of scary if you are allergic to bees.
  • September 28, 2007
    been a while.
  • August 20, 2007
    A few flaws but otherwise enjoyable movie, may be boring moments but only fleeting ones.
  • November 19, 2009
    HATE TO ADMIT IT, BUT I REALLY LIKE THIS MOVIE
  • November 19, 2009
    The movie is a coming-of-age story about Vada, an independent 11-year-old growing up with her mortician dad in 1972, a year which proves to be a turning point for the young girl. First, she must confront her feelings of jealousy when her widowed father shows interest in his allur...( read more)ing new assistant. Then, shortly after her first kiss with her best friend, she has to deal with an unexpected tragedy that forces her to grow up once and for all.


    stars Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur and Griffin Dunne.

    directed by Howard Zieff.
  • November 13, 2009
    I love this just as much as the sequel.
  • November 3, 2009
    my ameerah(alexza)..new name nya...
  • October 31, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|

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  • godsgirl1963
    July 28, 2008
    I loved this movie too. I cried BIG time tears. I loved the other movie also My girl 2.
  • gloomgurl
    January 9, 2008
    This movie was so sweet. It was one of the saddest movies I've seen as a child. It was so incredibly sad when Macaulay died, that it would bring the toughest man to tears. i sobbed like a baby when the little girl started crying and talking about her dead friend. It is so horrible and annoying how he died. This is a sweet, simple classic that will always be one of those most loved memories of my childhood. I absolutely love this movie.
  • laineym9
    October 4, 2007
    i was sooooooo sad about when her best friend died but when she made a new friend that was cool and she was still friends with her in the second movie
  • LoveDiegoX
    July 24, 2007
    this movie is soooooo sad =[ it made me cry = [
  • sweetums543
    April 27, 2007
    OMG! i love this movie ! i was named after vayda sultenfus!
  • hannahaye234
    March 16, 2007
    I like this movie too. I haaaaated the part when she got stuck in the morgue with the dead person. I hated it because it was creepy.
  • xxkerryxx5
    March 13, 2007
    I've been told I look like Anna Chlumsky. Weird. I love this move though.
  • zozo816951
    February 23, 2007
    the movie is so sad but so good in the best ways possible if you consentrate there are a lot of lessons to learn. i cried so much but i love to watch it over and over again

  • blahblahblobber
    February 12, 2007
    "His face hurts, and where is his glasses? He can't see without his glasses! Put his glasses on! Put on his glasses! He was gonna be an acrobat."

    God, that made me cry...
  • kennylover1
    January 20, 2007
    This movie is sad but it is also AWSOME! i looooooo oved it!!

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