My Girl

My Girl1991

Director: Howard Zieff
Stars: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Masur
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 102 minutes

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 … more »



Shelly:
She won't come out. It's been a whole day. You have to do something, Harry.

Harry:
The funeral's starting.

Shelly:
Open your eyes, she's eleven years old! Her only friend in the world is dead.

Harry:
I know that, but what do you want from me?

Shelly:
Stop hiding, Harry! You run, Harry. When I first came here, the idea of working with dead people didn't exactly thrill me. When I saw a family that lived here... I thought, if I'm living without a family, at least I can work with one... and maybe once in a while get invited in for supper.

Harry:
Yeah... and when those suppers are disrupted because there's a car crash, or a fire, or a little boy steps on a beehive.

Shelly:
I'm not asking you to stop caring for those people. But life isn't just death, Harry. Don't ignore the living... especially your daughter...

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