My Girl
Taste attributes: comedydramafamilymusic/dancefresh & originalwholesomelightsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipunlikely connections
"When your Dad's an undertaker, your Mom's in heaven, and your Grandma's got a screw loose...it's good to have a friend who understands you. Even if he is a boy."
Boxlist takeA good-natured comedy-drama that is breezy, stirring and fresh. Best if you like warmth over edge.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
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...
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 1991
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
