My Girl
Movie • 1991 • Comedy
ReportVada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
This movie contains 13 potentially triggering events.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Shelly's ex
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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No, but a father is emotionally neglectful of his young daughter.
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Addiction
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There's mention of smoking a joint in a poem that's read aloud.
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Animal
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scippy17
a fish is killed with a foot
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Are animals abused?
109 supporters
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A young boy puts his foot on a fish, though it's not meant to be abusive.
A young girl intentionally drops a goldfish in a bag of water on the ground, but picks it up again and the fish appears to be fine.
A young girl intentionally drops a goldfish in a bag of water on the ground, but picks it up again and the fish appears to be fine.
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Is there a dead animal?
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jayyyy
The kids go fishing. Boy catches a fish. Holds the fish under his sneaker to try and get the hook out. Fish dies. 😭😭
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Are there bugs?
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jayyyy
A lot of bees!
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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MOlimpiaBozza
Spoiler: yeah, and then a kid literally dies from bee stings, because he is allergic. That's likely bc he could not breath, right?
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Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
This is a very sad movie. I’m not sure why it’s listed as a comedy.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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An adult female character applies bold make-up (red lipstick, blue eyeshadow) to a preteen girl who then proceeds to act in an exaggerated, sensual manner towards a preteen boy.
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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Yes, the little boy died.😭😭😭
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Disability
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A young girl uses the word as an insult towards her friend.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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jayyyy
The little girls mother died two days after giving child birth - it is explained but not seen
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Are there mannequins?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
No mannequins, but there are corpses. Not sure where else to list it.
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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No, but a preteen female character calls a preteen male character a "bed wetter" as an insult. The boy responds by saying he's stopped doing that.
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Does someone spit?
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Yes, the two main characters make a pact by spitting in their hands and shaking. You see them do it and you hear the sound of spitting, but you don't really see the spit itself.
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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There are syringes in the movie but some are in the background. One is made into a watergun as a toy.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Anonymous
Doctors offices.
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Does someone have cancer?
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FeathertailSilverstripe
In the first scene, Vada (the little girl) tells her father she thinks she has cancer
The man the father is embalming is said to have died from prostate cancer
The man the father is embalming is said to have died from prostate cancer
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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A young girl suffers from hypochondriasis and imagines all manner of things to be wrong with her body/health.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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A young girl panics when she is briefly trapped in the basement room of a funeral home (where she lives).
A young girl is overcome with anxiety and grief over a friend's death.
A young girl is overcome with anxiety and grief over a friend's death.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Yes, in the very first scene of the movie, the main character, a young girl, addresses the camera directly while discussing health conditions she imagines she has.
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
A child-sized coffin is discussed, but no stillborn babies
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Is there childbirth?
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It's mentioned that the mother of a character dies in childbirth, but it is not shown.
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No one pregnant dies in the movie. It is only mentioned that a young girl's mother died during childbirth
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Prejudice
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No, but gender stereotypes are used as a means to insult certain characters. A group of young boys insult another young boy by saying he plays with dolls.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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notaviel
vada uses the R slur
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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A preteen girl believes herself to be in love with an older, male teacher. The teacher doesn't reciprocate though.
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
33 supporters
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An adult woman reads a poem she wrote in a sensual way that alludes to a sexual encounter and it makes some characters react with approval and others with discomfort, including a young girl who is in the room.
There's mention of the "sexual revolution" and "women's lib" and that women no longer wear bras.
There's mention of the "sexual revolution" and "women's lib" and that women no longer wear bras.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
15 supporters
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It's not specifically said to be Alzheimer's, but an elderly female character's behavior seems to be modeled after someone with dementia-like symptoms (catatonia, wandering, delirium). It's mentioned by a character that "her mind's been wandering more and more".
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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A character lives in a motor home and some might consider that to be technically without a home.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Anonymous
This movie is not a comedy. It is very sad.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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A split second sound of breaks squeaking as a motor home comes to a stop.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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No gore, but there is a very small amount of blood. A young female character cuts her finger on a fish hook and then encourages a young male character to pick a mosquito bite. The girl then rubs her bloody finger on the boy's arm so the blood mixes and declares that they are blood brothers for life.
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