My Girl 2 (1994)

ridiculous rating

A Major Disappointment

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) is now 13. Her father Harry (Dan Aykroyd) and Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis) are expecting a new baby. She's given a school assignment to write about someone who achieved something and who she's never met. She decides to write about her mother Maggie (Angeline Ball). For spring vacation, she goes to her mother's home town L.A. to stay with uncle Phil. She is assisted by the son of Phil's girlfriend, Nick Zsigmond.The lost of Macaulay Culkin in the first movie is tough enough. This one sends Vada to L.A. and abandons the rest of the cast. I'm willing to have Vada in her teenage years but I don't understand why she can't stay in her small town. She is essentially disconnected with the first movie. There is almost no point in doing a sequel in this way. The middle of this movie is terribly flat and meandering. The Maggie reveal is very touching but the rest of this is forgettable.

Okay I have seen the sequel to my Girl quite easily one of my favourite coming of age films. I had 2 expectations with this one, either "cash cow" or "they're trying". My opinion is the latter.The plot is that for a school assignment Vada has to write about someone she's never met and must write their crowning achievement. She decides to write about her mother who died giving birth to her and through circumstances she stays with her uncle Phil in Los Angeles over her summer vacation to find all of this out.The acting from Anna Chlumsky as usual is very much worth it as is from most of the main players in this movie. if there was any complaint with it I think it might be this Nick character who they put in a little bit of a contrived love relationship with Vada.I guess people might want to know is it better than the first one? No. But then again it is worth it if you've seen the first one. The characters are pretty much the same as in the first one and they still feel like real people like in the first one. It doesn't throw me on the same emotional level as the first one but it is somewhat still there. If you liked the first one, check it out.

I have hear a lot of people saying that they could have chosen a better Nick. But personally I think Austin O'Brien did great. If they put a really attractive guy to play Nick instead of an average guy like Austin, people would stray away from the story. I think they also didn't want Nicks character to overshadow Macaully Culkin's character in the first My Girl. I love this movie and it makes me happy every time I watch it. I love the story line. Overall it was a great movie.I recommend this movie to anyone who needs cheering up, or just wants to see something really enjoyable to watch. I wish that they had come out with a My Girl 3, but I guess leaving the story where it was tied up a lot of loose end anyways. enjoy!

anna comes back, only to go away and (**SPOILER**) attempts to find out what her mother was up too before she had her. the only problem is that she has to go to california, where she meets the guy that is pretty cute in my opinion, and they go around the town figuring out what mother was up to. i found the story plot kinda a drag, and couldnt really figure out what they could have added to make the first one feel incomplete. but gave this one only one point higher than the first one because i felt that anna really gave a better performance and added some romance to the movie, which is really what i wanted for her, since she has a lot of drama at home and should have gotten away and relaxed. good work again, anna and the guy that played the cute boy, i dont really remember the name of him. (C+ C)