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Summary: Put on your mood rings, this film's groovy
Review: Pixie-ish spitfire Vada Sultenfuss has grown up quite a bit since the first film. She's now thirteen years old, is no longer obsessed with death, and seems to have fully come to terms with the deaths of her mother and best friend. In the last film, Vada's father, Harry, got engaged to Shelly. In this one, they're married and Shelly is about eight months pregnant with Harry Jr., and Vada seems okay with it. Vada's a little miffed that her father still doesn't seem to understand her passion for writing, and she's worried that Shelly might die in childbirth like her own mother did. She also wants to know more about her mother. "I wish I could see her just once, even if it were only in a dream," says Vada. A school assignment to write about a person who's achieved something great, who she's never met, prompts Vada to research her mother. Her father, unfortunately, had such a "whirlwind courtship" with the late Maggie Muldovan-Sultenfuss that he can't tell Vada very much about her mother. "Everything I know about her fits into one little box," Vada sadly tells Shelly, showing her stepmother a blank passport, some play programs, and Vada's almost-empty baby book. Shelly eagerly suggests that Vada go to California to find out more about her mom--after all, that's where Maggie grew up, and Vada's Uncle Phil lives there now. Harry, after a lot of arm-twisting, allows Vada to go, and she sets off on what becomes a crazy one-week adventure. Her uncle has a live-in relationship with his boss, Rose, who has a son just Vada's age, Nick. Nick is forced (bribed) into being Vada's tour guide during her stay. Together, they locate some of Maggie's old classmates and teachers, many of whom remember Maggie fondly and tell Vada she looks just like her mother did. However, one of the classmates reveals some disturbing information about Maggie's past, which eventually leads Vada to someone who can actually show Vada her mother--in the form of old films. Vada is mesmerized by these films, and she realizes that her mother's greatest achievment . . . was Vada. This is a sweet, bright, funny, and romantic film. It's not as sad as the first film, but it doesn't lack in the emotional department. Anna Chlumsky (Vada) delivers quite a different performance than she did in the first one, and Austin O'Brien (Nick) is a fine Macaulay Culkin replacement. (Culkin's character, Thomas J., is remembered in this film briefly, proving that he is still a part of Vada's memory, but that she's moved on.) Vada, like in the first film, learns a lot about herself, and the ending leaves the viewer with a sense that Vada's future looks bright. Quite a change from the Vada at the beginning of the first film, who was convinced she had a chicken bone stuck in her throat. :)
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Summary: My Girl 2 is ok but there was no point in making it though.
Review: This is a pretty good movie but whatever his name was Austin whatever was trying way to hard to be the tough guy in the movie. And it was so obvious that he was just there to replace Macualay Culkin. It would have been really nice if at the of My Girl 1 Vada and Thomas had gotten together. Because I personally think that Vada and Thomas were sort of the right ones for each other. It depends on how you look at it. I also know that deep down inside Thomas had a little soft spot for Vada you could tell by the way he was acting around her. Vada and Thomas 4ever.
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Summary: Better than the First
Review: This movie is based on a girl named Vada who has to do a report for school. The report is looking up someone who you have not met and has achieved something. So she looks up her mother and flies to L.A. With help she has a boy named Nick to help guide her around L.A. and to find information on her mother. While searching for information she has some trouble finding information and gets confused here and there but everything turns out to be okay. Its a great movie with some feeling in it. Its great for the whole family and is a pleasure to watch. Its just fun to watch. What are you waiting for? Don't hesitate and buy it!
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Summary: My Baby Girl
Review: This movie My Baby Girl both shows and tells parents, the children that they have are the most precious gifts that will ever be given to them. I saw this movie the first time in 1998
which was 2 years after my Daughter Sierra who was 5 years old had passed away from cancer and I fell in love with this movie. Both movies My Baby Girl and My Baby Girl 2 show parents that they should cherish the children they have, for as I said earlier there is nothing more precious that they ever will receive.
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Summary: My Girl
Review: This movie My Girl both shows and tells parents, the children that they have are the most precious gifts that will ever be given to them. I saw this movie the first time in 1998
which was 2 years after my Daughter Sierra who was 5 years old had passed away from cancer and I fell in love with this movie. Both movies My Girl and My Girl 2 show parents that they should cherish the children they have, for as I said earlier there is nothing more precious that they ever will
receive.
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Summary: Great, but not as good as the original
Review: This movie was fantastic! If you've seen the first and liked it, watch the second and you will be pleased. At first, I thought they could not make another one without Caulkin, it would just be wrong, but Austin O'Brian did a fabulous job and I enjoy the movie even more than the first.
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Summary: Great, but not as good as the original
Review: This was a wonderful movie. I love how much Vada has matured. She's 13 now, and not obsessed with death like in the first one. She's also not the tomboy she was. She's more into boys and makeup and things like that. During her spring break, Vada goes to California to stay with her uncle and do research on her mom. Nick, her uncle's girlfriend's son, is her reluctant tour guide. It's obvious they like each other from the start, but they try to hide it. Vada makes some startling discoveries about her mother, and for awhile it seems she's not the person Vada thought she was. In the end she "sees" her mother and goes home reassured-not before her first real romance, though.
This was an excellent movie, but in my opinion, not as good as the first one. Maybe it was just the absence of Macaulay Culkin, whose character I fell in love with after watching the first movie.
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Summary: Nice Follow-Up to My Girl
Review: Though it wasn't quite as good as the first one, this movie is difinately still worth seeing.
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Summary: Austin O'Brien as love interest?!
Review: Three years after the original My Girl, and bringing back most of the original characters, and introducing some new ones is My Girl 2. With rumours of a My Girl 3, to possibly bring Anna Chlumsky back into showbusiness, it's always best to review these movies the way they were meant to be: good!
The thing that really gets me about this movie is Austin O'Brien. He's just not the kinda guy that I would be swooning over. Earrings are a barbaric custom?! Excuse me?! Why on earth did they include THAT line. The guy needed a serious hair cut before any sort of swooning should be done. I definitely reckon they should have brought back Thomas J (Macaulay Culkin). I don't care if he died in the first movie, movies do anything these days.
To me, the first one was always the best, although the second one has a lot more depth to it. Vada's first love will probably always be Thomas J, and lets face it, no one forgets their first love.
This sequel can stand well on its own, without the need of having to have seen the first to understand. Sure, there are some references to Thomas J. It's still as sad as the first one, with Vada 'seeing' her mother, and you feel like crying at that point. Feel like being the appropriate words - I cry at the first one every time I watch it, and get teary at the second.
If you're wondering about the song that Vada's mother sings, it's called "Smile (Though Your Heart Is Breaking)", and there are a few versions out there by Lyle Lovett & Natalie Cole. The full lyrics go like this:
Smile, though your heart is breaking
Smile, even though it's aching
When there are clouds in the sky you'll get by
If you smile through your pain and sorrow
Smile, and maybe tomorrow
You'll find the sun come shining through for you
Light up your face with gladness
HIde every trace of sadness
Although a tear maybe ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use in crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just smile
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use in crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you'll just smile
Lovely song and a lovely film. You must see this if you liked the first one. Just throw Austin O'Brien back into the wilderness and bring back Anna Chlumsky!
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Summary: Sequel Better Than The Original...Warm Hearted and Sweet
Review: Usually sequels aren't as good as the original (although there are exceptions such as the Star Wars trilogy and the Back To The Future series), but this movie is much better than its predecessor, "My Girl." It is a warm and fuzzy family film with a great soundtrack featuring songs of the early 1970s. Vada is now 13, tackling a school assignment in which she decides to write about her mother's life. A trip to California to visit her uncle aids in her quest to track down her mother's high school classmates and friends. With each person she interviews, Vada makes some unexpected discoveries about her mother. Her search culminates in a touching, sadly sweet moment when she is able to "meet" her mother. Along the way, Vada finds love from Nick, (played by Austin O'Brien), her somewhat reluctant escort who was paid by Vada's uncle to accompany her around town. I love the fact that all of the primary actors were retained for the sequel (except for Macauley Culkin, whose character died in the first film). Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Akroyd give fine performances as the happily married Mr. & Mrs. Sultenfuss expecting their first child. While "My Girl" was sad and depressing, "My Girl 2" is positive, upbeat, and great fun. Don't let that surly old curmudgeon, Leonard Maltin, influence you with his review. This film is great family entertainment and quite enjoyable.
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