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My Girl

1991 · 103 min

Comedy, Drama

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 him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...

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Appeals to viewers who value tender coming-of-age stories that balance childhood humor with honest feelings about grief, family, and growing up.

Tone
melancholic, sentimental, bittersweet
Payoff
heartbreak, catharsis
Pacing
steady
Intensity
moderate
Structure
linear
Themes
childhood grief, friendship, family change, mortality, coming of age
Setting
1970s, small-town funeral home and suburban neighborhood

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