Macaulay Culkin (“Thomas”) and Anna Chlumsky (“Vada”) “My Girl” is a 1991 comedy drama directed by Howard Zieff and written by Laurice Elehwany. The film, starring Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky in her feature film debut, depicts the coming-of-age of a young girl who faces many different emotional highs and lows. The film also stars Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. It was quite successful, so in 1994 the sequel “My Girl 2” came out.