My Girl

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My Girl

PG

1991

1h 42m

Kids & Family

Drama

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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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Critics Consensus

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

Nov 3, 2018

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...

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Sep 7, 2011

C+

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

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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

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.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Mar 18, 2025

3/4

Or, Macaulay Culkin Meets The Swarm.

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Erik Childress

The Friendship Dilemma Podcast

Jun 6, 2024

4/4

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.

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

Oct 11, 2019

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

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Ron J

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My Girl is a tender coming-of-age film about friendship, first love, family, and the ache of growing up. Vada and Thomas J. share a bond that feels pure, funny, and full of heart. The film finds humor in childhood while facing the fears that come with it. Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky bring a sweetness that gives the story its soul. My Girl starts with laughter, finds its way to heartbreak, and leaves you holding both.

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 14, 2026

Definitely Recommend It

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ashley R

@oasheyy Aug 31, 2026

Never cried more in my life

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That ADHD M

@Marie-Elsie Aug 10, 2026

How the critics gave this a splat is BEYOND me. This is such a good movie and yes the ending is sad but not all movies that are good leave you with a happy ending. If your looking for a good family movie this is one to watch for sure and a great way to open up some dialog with your kids.

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Everett P

@RT92585922 Aug 3, 2026

So sad, not the best but still a great drama

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Noel L

@RT15930389 Jul 16, 2026

An adorable coming of age story, plain and simple

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Anna Chlumsky

Vada Margaret Sultenfuss

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Dan Aykroyd

Harry Sultenfuss

Jamie Lee Curtis

Shelly DeVoto

Richard Masur

Phil Sultenfuss

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Synopsis

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?

Director: Howard Zieff
Producer: Brian Grazer
Screenwriter: Barbara Benedek, Laurice Elehwany
Production Co: Imagine Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $60.2M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: Surround

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