Movie of the Year: 1991 – My Girl (Bonus Episode)
Movie of the Year: 1991
Bonus Episode – My Girl
Just because My Girl can’t win Movie of the Year doesn’t mean it can’t change your life
We tackle yet another of 1991’s iconic movies and we do it with a little help from our friends Emily, from I Drink Your Podcast, and Nate, from A Vague Idea (and also Delaware). They both watched the movie and they both filled out the requisite paperwork, so now they’re on the show. It could be you, but will it be?
Howard Zieff’s My Girl is the story of Vada Sultenfuss (her for-real name), a young girl learning about life while living in the shadow of death. That makes her life sound really tragic, but actually she just lives in a funeral home. But her mom is dead. And that is kinda tragic. Oh, and she sorta thinks it’s her own fault — also pretty tragic. And her — spoiler alert — best friend — spoiler alert — is spoiled by a bunch of overly alert bees. Which you better bet was pretty tragic to me when I saw it as the 10-year-old softboy I was when I watched this movie for the first time and remain all these years later.
The movie is funny, warm, compassionate, and beautiful, but it is also an untidy mess that may bite off a bit more than it was ever prepared to chew. Also, it features two kids — Anna Clumsky and Kieran Culkin’s younger brother— and we know that can always turn out rough for a movie. Also, this movie may or may not feature Slimer from the hit movie Ghostbusters II: The Secret of the Ooze.
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