# My Girl (1991)

> An imaginative mortuary owner's daughter navigates first love, friendship, family change, and the painful threshold between childhood innocence and adult grief.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/2378

## Facts

- Runtime: 103 min
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Howard Zieff
- Cast: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Masur, Griffin Dunne, Ann Nelson, Peter Michael Goetz
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102492/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Mood: witty, nostalgic, melancholic, family movie night, nostalgic weekend

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- [Uncle Buck (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/1765)

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