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When she notices that Shelly is wearing a new ring, her father announces they are engaged to be married before the end of the summer. Vada runs away with Thomas (for all of one day). The next morning, she screams because she hemorrhaging. Shelly has [[birds and the bees|"the talk"]] with her, and strangely they bond over this. Not long after her father's first kiss in 20 years (with Shelly), Vada kisses Thomas. | When she notices that Shelly is wearing a new ring, her father announces they are engaged to be married before the end of the summer. Vada runs away with Thomas (for all of one day). The next morning, she screams because she hemorrhaging. Shelly has [[birds and the bees|"the talk"]] with her, and strangely they bond over this. Not long after her father's first kiss in 20 years (with Shelly), Vada kisses Thomas. | ||
| + | Tragedy strikes when Thomas returns to the bees' nest the two had knocked down near the lake. He finds the mood ring she had lost (always black), but when he prods the beehive they swarm out and overcome him (he dies of allergic reaction). Vada is overcome with grief, makes a scene at funeral and runs over to her teacher's house. "I love you the way Shelly loves my father." The teacher introduces his fiancee, which upsets Vada further. | ||
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Revision as of 19:54, November 24, 2008
My Girl (1991) introduces Annette Chlumsky as Vada, a precocious 11-year-old girl who can't get any normal adult attention from Harry, her widowed undertaker father (Dan Akroyd); her grandmother and doesn't respond to anyone. She refuses to play with girls her own age, preferring the company of boys or unrelated adults. In the opening act of the movie, she fakes being sick (see hypochondriac) and teases some little boys of her acquaintance by pretending her grandmother is a not-quite-dead corpse. She gets more attention from her father's assistant.
Shelley, a divorced makeup artist who wears short dresses, starts working for her father and takes an interest in Vada. Invited to Shelley's camper, Vada discovers a cookie jar full of money. In the next scene, she has enrolled in a creative writing class taught by the schoolteacher she has a crush on. Shelly and Harry go out to play bingo, watched by Vada; afterwards, they share a romantic moment. At the Fourth of July picnic, her ex-husband shows up to claim the camper; Harry slugs him and threatens him.
When she notices that Shelly is wearing a new ring, her father announces they are engaged to be married before the end of the summer. Vada runs away with Thomas (for all of one day). The next morning, she screams because she hemorrhaging. Shelly has "the talk" with her, and strangely they bond over this. Not long after her father's first kiss in 20 years (with Shelly), Vada kisses Thomas.
Tragedy strikes when Thomas returns to the bees' nest the two had knocked down near the lake. He finds the mood ring she had lost (always black), but when he prods the beehive they swarm out and overcome him (he dies of allergic reaction). Vada is overcome with grief, makes a scene at funeral and runs over to her teacher's house. "I love you the way Shelly loves my father." The teacher introduces his fiancee, which upsets Vada further.
