My Girl is a 1991 American comedy-drama directed by Howard Zieff and written by Laurice Elehwany. The film, starring Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky in her film debut, describes the arrival of a young girl who faces many different emotions and lows. The film also stars Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis.
A script-based book was written by Patricia Hermes in 1991. The sequel to the movie, My Girl 2 , was released in 1994.
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Plot
In the summer of 1972, in Madison, Pennsylvania, Vada Sultenfuss was an 11 year old girl and a hypochondriac. Harry Sultenfuss, Vada's father, is an awkward widower and funeral director who does not understand his daughter, so he always ignores it. Their home, which operates as a funeral home of the city, has guided her daughter to develop an obsession with death. Vada regularly takes care of his grandmother, 'Gramoo', who has Alzheimer's disease and whose wandering mind also affects Vada. His uncle Phil lived close by and often stopped by to help the family.
Vada hangs out with his best friend, Thomas J. Sennett, an unpopular child of his own age who is allergic to "everything". However, other girls except Judy teased the two, thinking they were more than just friends. Thomas J. often accompanied Vada when he visited the doctor, who assured him that he was not sick and he did not have a chicken bone in his throat.
Summer Vada starts well. She befriended Shelly DeVoto, the new makeup artist in her father's funeral room, who gave her guidance. He also developed a crush on his school teacher in fifth grade, Mr. Bixler, and hearing about the adult poetry writing class he taught. Vada stole money from a cookie jar in Shelly's trailer to cover the cost of the class. When advised to write about what is in his soul, Vada is afraid that he killed his mother, who died two days after giving birth.
When Harry and Shelly start dating, this affects Vada's attitude towards Shelly. One night, Vada follows Harry and Shelly to a bingo game and takes Thomas J. together to screw him up. On July 4, when Shelly's ex-husband Danny arrived, Vada wished she was there to take Shelly back, but to no avail. Vada becomes even more surprised when Harry and Shelly announce their engagement in the carnival, which makes her contemplate running away with Thomas J.
Vada began to see changes inside her. As she ran screaming that she was bleeding, Shelly politely explained to Vada that her first period was a completely natural process. When Vada realized this only happened to girls, she did not want to see Thomas J., who happened to be shortly thereafter. A few days later, Vada and Thomas J. sat under a tree by the river, where they shared an innocent first kiss.
Vada and Thomas J. found a honeycomb hanging on a tree, which Thomas J. decided to drop. Vada lost her mood ring in the process, so they started looking for it, but the search broke off as the bees began to swarm around, making them run. Thomas J. then went back on his own and found the ring. Unexpectedly, as he kicked the honeycomb before, the bees began to swarm over Thomas J. just as he found the ring. Unable to escape, he died of an allergic reaction.
Harry is left to deliver tragic news to Vada, which is so devastating that he will not leave his bedroom. When he attends Thomas J.'s funeral, his emotions become so strong that he runs away. Vada rushes to Mr. Bixler's house, wants to stay with her, and finds that she will marry someone else. He then ran to his favorite spot and Thomas J. near the tree to reflect on what had happened. When Vada came home, everyone was relieved, including Shelly, whom Vada began to accept as his future stepmother. His sorrow also managed to correct the rift between him and his father. Harry explains to Vada that his mother's death is not his fault and things like that can happen without explanation.
Towards the end of summer, Vada and her father see Mrs. Sennett, who is still struggling with the death of his son. She gave Vada mood rings back that Thomas J. had been found and Vada gave Mother Sennett a solace. On the last day of the writing class, Vada read a poem about losing her best friend before going to spend time with her new friend, Judy.
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Cast
- And Aykroyd as Harry Sultenfuss: Vada's father and cemetery manager Sultenfuss in Madison, Pennsylvania.
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Shelly DeVoto: A new make-up artist at the funeral home. He is an experienced beauty expert from Detroit, Michigan and then Harry's fiancee.
- Macaulay Culkin as Thomas J. Sennett: An 11 year old boy who is "allergic to everything." He is also a friend and neighbor of Vada.
- Anna Chlumsky as Vada Sultenfuss: Central character. An 11 year old girl and a hypochondriac, who keeps her thinking she has a chicken bone stuck in her throat.
- Richard Masur as Phil Sultenfuss: Harry's sister and Uncle Vada. He works with Harry and gives him advice when Harry starts dating Shelly.
- Griffin Dunne as Mr. Bixler: the fifth grader Vada he loves so much. She teaches class writing poetry during the summer.
- Ann Nelson as Gramoo Sultenfuss: a dazed Vada grandmother and Harry and Phil's mom. She suffers from Alzheimer's disease and spends most of her time in a chair in the living room.
Reception
The film is quite well received. Critics generally praise the show and maturity of the upcoming story. Review the aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives a 50% score based on reviews from 14 critics, with an average rating of 5.5 out of 10. Roger Ebert gives 3.5 stars movies from 4. Variety ingenious commercial calculations get into concocting the right sugar coating for the story of an 11 year old girl who has painful maturity, but chemistry seems right. "
Music
The soundtrack of this film contains some pop hits of the 1960s and 1970s besides the title track (by The Temptations), including "Wedding Bell Blues" (The 5th Dimension), "If You Do not Know Me Now" (Harold Melvin) & amp; ; the Blue Notes), "Bad Moon Rising", "Good Lovin '" (The Rascals), and "Saturday in the Park" (Chicago). When Vada is upset, he ears up and sings "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", Manfred Mann version which is also included in the soundtrack album. In addition, Vada and Thomas J. played "The Name Game" and sang "Witch Doctor" in the film, and Vada had posters from Broadway Musical Hair, The Carpenters, and Donny Osmond in his room. Wall.
References
External links
- My Girl at AllMovie
- My Girl on Box Office Mojo
- My Girl on IMDb
- My Girl in the TCM Movie Database
- My Girl at Rotten Tomatoes
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