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My Girl [DVD] [1992]

DVD ~ Anna Chlumsky
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Masur
  • Directors: Howard Zieff
  • Writers: Laurice Elehwany
  • Producers: Brian Grazer, David T. Friendly, Hannah Gold, Joseph M. Caracciolo
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Uca
  • DVD Release Date: 10 May 2004
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001MIR34
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,186 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A doomed Macaulay Culkin becomes the object of affection for a little girl (Anna Chlumsky), estranged from her widowed father (Dan Aykroyd). This somewhat daring premise has various emotional buffers to keep young viewers from going into shock from Culkin's demise, but My Girl is also not shut off from real feelings. And while the story remains safely predictable, at the end of the day it is still a bittersweet experience. Culkin's performance is okay in that somewhat mannered way of his post-Home Alone career, but Anna Chlumsky is unusually sophisticated in her understanding of her character and situation. Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis are perfectly stable as the kids' single parents. This is directed by Howard Zieff (Private Benjamin). --Tom Keogh


Synopsis

Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) is an eleven-year-old girl in a small Pennsylvania town in the early 1970s, at the beginning of life even as she lives with the constant reminder of death; her father (Dan Ackroyd) is a mortician who runs his business out of the family home, and her mother died during childbirth complications. The father and daughter also live with Vada's grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimers and whose only vocalizations are belted-out showtunes from her youth. This life story, paired with Ada's precocious and imaginative mind, makes for some highly entertaining and eminently human eccentricities; a hypochondriac, Vada is a regular patron of her family doctor, constantly convinced that she is suffering from some obscure and fatal illness. Her best friend is Thomas J. (Mackaulay Culkin), a wide-eyed naif to whom she tells all her thoughts, fears, and dreams. These include her romantic interest in her English teacher (Griffin Dunne), and her reservations regarding Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), her father's newly-employed makeup artist and love interest. Vada's world is eventually turned upside down when tragedy strikes, and she is forced to do some growing up along the way.

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best, 1 Jun 2006
This has been my favourite film since it came out. When i was younger i remember watching it so many times i could recite the whole thing on cue. Its still the only film that can make me sob and now i even know what to expect but still cant control it.

I watched it again a few weeks ago and now im older it takes on a whole different meaning. Before i liked it cos it had kids my own age and i cried because her friend died. It ws only when i got older i realised what else she was going through and it made me cry for different reasons.

I love this film and no film will ever come close to it. I am surprised the giril who played Vada didnt go on to be a big actress beacause in this she makes the film.

Whether your young or old, male or female this film is for you
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best film ever, 18 Aug 2005
This is my favourite film in the whole world. I have watched it that many times I just about know it word for word and I now need to buy another copy. I like Vada hate death and could never look at a coffin so at the end oh did I cry and still cry every time I watch it. Vada is a lovely kid and Im sure a lot of people can see a lot of themselves in her when they were young with all she goes through, a crush on a teacher a new mum and a death. Its a must buy
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Subtle and emotive, 1 Sep 2002
This review is from: My Girl [VHS] [1992] (VHS Tape)
I have been mocked for my love of this film by friends, in particular those who hold such films that are mischievously clever in their twisting plots or thunderously dynamic by hurtling the biggest names towards your eyes using multi-million dollar effects.

My Girl's cast is hardly blockbuster-like, the plot is fairly predictable and the effects are not machine driven, rather the target is more endocrine than , having a much more humane delivery. The devotion of the two children to each other is nothing short of touching, and the emotion that is exchanged between the two seeps with innocence and quiet confusion that can only be found in the hearts of little people.

This is not, however, a rollercoaster of angst, exhilaration and demise. The film manages to stay within the realms of 'nice' and remains a heartwarming experience. Good stuff.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Yes I Cried
this made me cry as a kid and now a fully grown adult it still brought a tear to my eye.

It is a very sweet film to watch, especially with the girlfriend.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My Girl
I Cried so hard! I liked it , but i didn't like the idea of two funerals , I hate the idea of death (who doesn't? Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars My girl
If you want your kids to cry themselves to sleep then this is a great movie... if not it sucks...
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Published 20 months ago by Mrs. A. L. Greaves

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful story, but quite boring
This film wasn't very moving. Infact, in my opinion, all it was, was two kids that became close friends and hung out a lot with each other. Not really very exciting.
Published 22 months ago by crazykat

5.0 out of 5 stars will always love it
i use to watch this film every time i went to my mams best friens house from about the age of 6 she moved when i was about 11 so i didnt get to see it for years and few weeks ago... Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2006 by J. Coulson

5.0 out of 5 stars This movie changed my life
I thought I knew hurt. I thought I knew pain. I didn't know a thing.

"My Girl" is the single most important piece of cinema in the last 100 years. Read more
Published on 7 Jul 2006 by James Naughton

1.0 out of 5 stars pretty poor stuff
A dire film that has no plot or interest what so ever, as it limps along to a dull ending; it is a real wonder how so many people like this movie.
Published on 6 Jun 2006 by Gavieboy

5.0 out of 5 stars A must see!
now, I'm not one to cry at films, in fact on the contrary before I saw this film, I had never cried because of a film. I was born in '91 so for me this film means so much. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars my girl
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!
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