recommended

Really Surprised!

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

My Girl is iconic. Who remembers the sequel made a few years later? It didn't work like the original one did. I'm not saying that this is a bad film, because it isn't at all. It just lacked in any real emotional connection that the first one had. This seemed to almost force-feed and recycle what worked in the original.It is now the spring of 1974. Vada's interests in boys is rising and her maturity is growing since we last saw her. She was a spunky tomboy in the first one, but now she's more serious and lively, but still maintains the spunk and jazz that made Vada, Vada. She isn't much different from the last time we saw her, but there is still a believable change. Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis are also a tad different. People change, people grow. Just before March Break, Vada is assigned to write a report about someone she admires but has never met. She decides to do it on her mother. She sees it as a chance to know more about herself and gain her own independence. She badgers her father into flying to Los Angeles, which was where her mother grew up, to do research. She stays with her uncle (Richard Masur) who is living with Rose and Nick Zsigmond. Nick is played by Austin O'Brien who becomes Vada's childhood romance. At first, they don't get along, but then something grows. O'Brien was really good as Nick. Anybody that trashes him are wrong. Unfortunately, he's no Macaulay Culkin. Culkin is the better actor with more charm and Thomas J was better than Nick. In this, is seems that Vada and Nick are just a fling that will end just as she returns home. But her relationship with Thomas J was magical and it felt like it would last forever. Her explorations to get to know her mother are all fun and adventurous with the little romance at the backdrop. I liked the adventure aspect, but it wasn't a whole lot interesting. The acting by all (mainly Chlumsky) are perfect. But it lost the emotional impact and self discovery that made the original so great. Sure Vada finds out more about herself, but it doesn't impact the viewer much. Plus, the magic from the first was lost. Magic is the only suitable word for this. The emotional impact is rather low too. I have mixed bags with this.Either download it or buy the double feature. If you already have the first, no need for this.

I was recently watching a movie with Anna Chlumsky as a young adult, and recalled that I have never seen "My Girl" or this one, "My Girl 2", which my local library had on DVD. So tonight I did. In this movie she is Vada Sultenfuss, whose dad, Dan Aykroyd is undertaker Harry Sultenfuss. Vada is a good student, especially in the language arts and when the class gets the assignment to write about someone (1) they never met and (2) who has great accomplishments, she decided to write about her mother who died when Vada was a baby.Not knowing much about her mom, she used money she saved, over a school break, to fly to Los Angeles, where her mom grew up and went to school, and stay with her uncle. That is the subject of this movie. She learns a lot that no one knew, and decided that her mom's greatest accomplishment was having her.Jamie Lee Curtis is her step-mom, Shelly Sultenfuss, about to give birth to a son. Austin O'Brien is the boy she meets in L.A., Nick Zsigmond, and he becomes her first love. Irish actress Angeline Ball plays her dead mom, Maggie Muldovan, and we only see her in home movies.It was interesting to see J.D. Souther who played Jeffrey Pommeroy, married to Maggie for a very brief time before Maggie married Vada's father. Souther is mainly a song writer, and I hear his name mentioned every time I play the Eagles DVD of their return concert.

I have hear a lot of people saying that they could have chosen a better Nick. But personally I think Austin O'Brien did great. If they put a really attractive guy to play Nick instead of an average guy like Austin, people would stray away from the story. I think they also didn't want Nicks character to overshadow Macaully Culkin's character in the first My Girl. I love this movie and it makes me happy every time I watch it. I love the story line. Overall it was a great movie.I recommend this movie to anyone who needs cheering up, or just wants to see something really enjoyable to watch. I wish that they had come out with a My Girl 3, but I guess leaving the story where it was tied up a lot of loose end anyways. enjoy!

This movie is one of the best children's movies that I've seen. It doesn't have any big stunts, or major stars(unless you count the parents).The story is about a girl Vada, who doesn't know much about her mother, who died before Vada was old enough to remember much about her. All she has are a few faint memories and a box full of her mother's belongings.As part of a summer project, she decides to write the paper on her mother. She somehow manages to convince her parents ( Jamie Lee Curtis is her step mom and very supportive) and flies to California to her uncle's place). She starts searching for any clues to her mother's past, and in the process finds out much about herself.A very refreshing movie, which has a simple yet gripping story. Anna Chlumsky as Vada is simply too good. Austin O'Brien as Nick is quite sarcastically funny, and is a good foil for Vada.I rate this movie 10/10. A must-watch movie.