My Girl

My Girl (1991)

  • 50% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (373,960 ratings)

Howard Zieff directed this comedy-drama about the emotional awakening of a young girl in a small Pennsylvania town during the summer of 1972. Anna Chlumsky plays eleven-year-old Vada, a quiet child living with her widowed father Harry Dultenfuss (Dan Aykroyd), a local mortician who prepares bodies… More

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PG-13,
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Genres
Drama, Kids & Family, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 27, 1991 Wide
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Elliot Panek, Common Sense Media

    Coming of age tale tackles death; for older kids.

  • Fred Topel, About.com

    Dreadful coming of age movie about kids and death. Kudos for the effort, but it's just depressing.

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    The ultimate tearjerker. Proof positive that Mac still has what it takes for a comeback!

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Syrupy sweet, but just this side of watchable.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bethany M


    Truly Heartbreaking. Such a poignant story.

  • Michael E


    I have never cried in a film so many times in the last 20 minutes, and i don't cry that often in movies, but i cried a total of 5 times in the last 20 minutes of this movie. But overall the characters are likable, the acting is decent, and the drama is spot on

  • Lucas M


    My Girl, is nothing bad, but is that sentimental, what don't do the full - length a really good.

  • Jim C


    Actually not really that good for me. It was depressing and to kiddish, my sister enjoyed this though so I might be alone on this review.

  • Spencer S


    Cute, imaginative, and heart breaking, My Girl is both a tribute to young love and interesting people far and wide.

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