My Girl:

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.

MY GIRL is a coming-of-age story about Vada, an independent 11-year-old growing up with her mortician dad in 1972, a year which proves to be a turning point for the young girl. First, she must confront her feelings of jealousy when her widowed father shows interest in his alluring new assistant. Then, shortly after her first kiss with her best friend, she has to deal with an unexpected tragedy that forces her to grow up once and for all.

My Girl 2:

There's being a kid. There's being an adult. And then there's that year in between.

Vada's (Anna Chlumsky) only 13-years-old but she's already been through quite a bit: she's practically grown-up without a mother, her best friend suffered a fatal injury and now her father (Dan Aykroyd) has re-married and started a new family. Despite it all, she's blossomed into well-rounded, coltish young lady. When her father and step-mom move the family to Los Angeles, Vada realizes she'll have to make a big adjustment. Searching for her roots to fulfill a scholastic assignment, she begins researching her mother's life, only to make some startling and wonderful discoveries.