My Girl 2
- Dan Aykroyd: Harry Sultenfuss
- Jamie Lee Curtis: Shelly DeVoto Sultenfuss
- Anna Chlumsky: Vada Margaret Sultenfuss
- Austin O'Brien: Nick Zsigmond
- Richard Masur: Phil Sultenfuss
- Christine Ebersole: Rose Zsigmond
- JD Souther Jeffrey Pommeroy
- Angeline Ball: Maggie Muldovan
- Aubrey Morris: Alfred Biedermeier
- Gerrit Graham: Dr. Sam Helburn
- Ben Stein: Stanley Rosenfeld
- Keone Young: Daryl Tanaka
- Anthony R. Jones: Arthur
- Jodie Markell: Hilary Mitchell
- Richard Beymer: Peter Webb
- David Purdham: Mr. Owett
- Kevin Sifuentes: Julio
- Lauren Ashley: Judy
- Roland Thomson: Kevin
My Girl 2 - My love (My Girl 2) is an American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff in 1994 It is a continuation of the tragi-comedy My Girl -. My first love from the year 1991.
Action
The action takes place in 1974, two years after the first part (My Girl - My first love ). Vada Sultenfuss, now 13 years old and in the midst of puberty, still lives with her father, the mortician Harry Sultenfuss and stepmother Shelly in Madison, Pennsylvania. By Shelly's pregnancy and her future role as a big sister Vada want to know more about her past and her birth mother, who died shortly after birth Vadas. When they then also to write a school essay about a person they admired their decision is clear. She persuades her father to let her over the Easter holiday to LA to find out there more about her mother.
In LA arrived, Vada comes under with her uncle Phil, who now works in an auto repair shop and " has found the love of his life " there: Rose. Together with her and her 13 year old son Nick lives Phil about the workshop.
Phil persuades Nick (with the help of cash ) to accompany Vada in their research. Although Nick is initially angry about having to spend the holidays with Vada, he supports them in their projects. With the help of an old year book finds her mother Vada old friends, such as the photographer Stanley Rosenfeld or her best friend, Hilary Mitchell. Hilary, it is also the Vada on the then her mother's boyfriend, Jeffrey Pommeroy, brings the Hilary holds for Vadas father. Unsure Vada goes to him and can tell him the story of her mother.
The holidays are now over and Vada has returned home. At the airport it is adopted by her uncle Phil, his girlfriend Rose and Nick. Nick has secretly hiding a gift in Vadas backpack, but that they should be opened only on the plane. When adopting it comes between the two for a kiss.
Once home she goes first to the hospital, where Shelly has now brought Vadas little brother to the world.
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews, the film would be as like his predecessor a " light comedy " as a " sometimes manipulative " Drama. The film could not win any awards, but is that what should be sequels - he tells the story further without being redundant.
The lexicon of the International film wrote that the film is " atmospherically dense ", " quiet and discreet staged " and " empathetic character in the drawing ." He offers " superior entertainment."
Awards
Anna Chlumsky won in 1995 the Young Artist Award. Austin O'Brien, and Roland Thomson were nominated for the Young Artist Award.
Background
The film was shot in Los Angeles and in Claremont ( California). He played in the cinemas of the United States an approximately 17.36 million U.S. dollars.