My Girl (film)

My Girl
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Howard Zieff
Written by	Laurice Elehwany
Produced by	Brian Grazer
Starring	Dan Aykroyd Jamie Lee Curtis Macaulay Culkin Anna Chlumsky Griffin Dunne
Cinematography	Paul Elliott
Edited by	Wendy Greene Bricmont
Music by	James Newton Howard
Production company	Imagine Entertainment
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 27, 1991 (1991-11-27)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$17 million[1]
Box office	$121.5 million

My Girl is a 1991 American coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Howard Zieff, written by Laurice Elehwany, and starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, and Anna Chlumsky in her first role in a major motion picture. The film tells the story of an 11-year-old girl living in Madison, Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1972. The film's title refers to the classic 1964 song of the same name by The Temptations, which is also featured in the film's end credits. A book based on the film was written by Patricia Hermes.^[2] The film grossed $121 million on a budget of $17 million. A sequel, My Girl 2, was released in 1994.