My Girl [1991 film]

by Howard Zieff (Director), Laurice Elewany (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Griffin Dunne, Jamie Lee Curtis — 1 more, Richard Masur

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A precocious 11-year-old tomboy obsessed with death shares a poignant summer with her widowed father, the sexy and kind cosmetician he hires, and most importantly with the boy-next-door who idolizes her.

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It’s not a comedy although it’s billed as such; the pivoting event near the end and indeed the setting of the family home rather preclude against it being in that genre. It’s more a coming-of-age story, relationship based, and very moving in places. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Zieff, Howard	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Elewany, Laurice	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Chlumsky, Anna	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Culkin, Macaulay	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dan Aykroyd	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dunne, Griffin	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lee Curtis, Jamie	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Richard Masur	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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A precocious 11-year-old tomboy obsessed with death shares a poignant summer with her widowed father, the sexy and kind cosmetician he hires, and most importantly with the boy-next-door who idolizes her.

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