My Best Girl

My Best Girl

Directed by Sam Taylor

Produced by United Artists, Pickford Corporation

192780 min7.1 / 10

A charming silent-era romantic comedy about class, identity, and true love, built on warmth and the central romance between a wealthy man in disguise and a working-class woman.

Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.

Questions people ask

  • Does My Best Girl end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is My Best Girl violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is My Best Girl easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 90% of films.

  • Is My Best Girl scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is My Best Girl sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Surprise94

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Love72

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