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Uptown Girls (2003)

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Reviews Counted:106

Fresh:14

Rotten:92

Average Rating:3.8/10

Consensus: With two obnoxious lead characters and an uneven screenplay, Uptown Girls fails to charm.

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: In Uptown Girls, Molly Gunn (Brittany Murphy) is the toast of the New York social scene. The freewheeling daughter of a late rock legend, Molly is an "it girl" on top of the A-list - designers... In Uptown Girls, Molly Gunn (Brittany Murphy) is the toast of the New York social scene. The freewheeling daughter of a late rock legend, Molly is an "it girl" on top of the A-list - designers want to dress her, the most eligible bachelors want to date her, and her birthday bash is one of the hottest tickets in town. Her life is a never-ending party. But when Molly's inheritance is stolen by her accountant, the party comes to an abrupt end. Molly is forced to do something she's never done before - get a job. With the help of her best friend Ingrid (Marley Shelton) and A&R scout pal Huey (Donald Faison), Molly lands a position as nanny to the daughter of high-powered music executive Roma Schleine (Heather Locklear). Molly's new charge is Ray Schleine (Dakota Fanning), a precocious, uptight 8-year-old "going on 40" who's obsessed with germs and lives her life as perfectly as possible. Emotionally distant from her mother, Ray has grown up with a revolving door of nannies and too little stability, so she tries to control everything she can. Molly has never needed to be a responsible adult. Ray has taken the weight of the world on her young shoulders. They're about to teach each other how to act their age. MGM Pictures presents a Greenstreet Films production of Uptown Girls, starring Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Marley Shelton, Donald Faison, and Heather Locklear. Directed by Boaz Yakin, the screenplay was written by Julia Dahl and Mo Ogrodnik and Lisa Davidowitz from a story by Allison Jacobs. Uptown Girls was produced by John Penotti, Fisher Stevens and Allison Jacobs, with Joe Caracciolo, Jr., Tim Williams, and Boaz Yakin as executive producers. The production team includes director of photography Michael Ballhaus, production designer Kalina Ivanov, editor David Ray, costume designer Sarah Edwards, music supervisor Maureen Crowe, and composer Joel McNeely. [More]

Starring: Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Marley Shelton, Donald Faison

Starring: Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Marley Shelton, Donald Faison, Heather Locklear

Director: Boaz Yakin

Director: Boaz Yakin
Screenwriter: Mo Ogrodnik, Julia Dahl, Lisa Davidowitz
Story: Allison Jacobs
Producer: John Penotti, Fisher Stevens, Allison Jacobs
Composer: Joel McNeely
Studio: MGM/UA

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Austin O'Connor

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Jorge Avila Andrade

'El resultado es bastante mediocre, pues la cinta es bastante predecible y francamente aburrida'

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David Nusair

...an incredibly formulaic setup that would be more at home in a made-for-TV movie starring Patricia Heaton and that little girl from Seventh Heaven.

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Daniel M. Kimmel

Whether you buy Uptown Girls or not will depend on whether you’re willing to go along with its utterly contrived and formulaic plot.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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Greg Muskewitz

What communicative compromise is there [for Yakin] to go from personal, gritty and well-made films, to such a vapid commercial plea?

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David Foucher

Brittany Murphy and Dakota Fanning can’t rise above a weak script in this riches-to-rags tale; "Uptown" is low-rent.

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Andrew Sarris

Though I found Mr. Yakin's direction unexpectedly imaginative, and the script often incongruously subtle, I couldn't get into the spirit of all the whimsy, the reason being the surprising lack of charm in the two leads.

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