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Molly Gunn (Brittany Murphy) has never worked a day in her life and has lived like a queen since her father, a famous rock 'n' roll star, died and left her his fortune. But everything changes when Molly realizes that her manager has stolen her money. She lands a job as a nanny for Ray (Dakota Fanning), a young girl whose serious attitude is the opposite of Molly's carefree one. With help from her boyfriend, Neal (Jesse Spencer), Molly tries to bond with Ray and learn how to be an adult.

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

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Uptown Girls | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Sheila Johnston London Evening Standard Saucereyed and hedgehog-haired, Brittany Murphy thinks, wrongly, that she is adorably kooky as the party girl. Jan 10, 2018 Full Review Uptown Girls | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Nell Minow Common Sense Media A lame, predictable comedy. Rated: 2/5 Dec 29, 2010 Full Review Uptown Girls | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Empire Magazine Rated: 1/5 Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Uptown Girls | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Although [Brittany] Murphy and [Dakota] Fanning click, the rest of the movie doesn't click with them and actually gets in the way of this delightful pairing. Rated: 2.5/5 Nov 3, 2019 Full Review Uptown Girls | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Fanning practically dares the audience to throw sharp objects at the screen with her thoroughly obnoxious performance. Rated: 1.5/4 Jan 7, 2010 Full Review Uptown Girls | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Brought down with emotional manipulation, melodrama, and just a bi-polar mood. Apr 29, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Courtney B The greatest movie to ever exist. My comfort movie. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Mia L Uptown girls was a great movie! If you love 2000s girly movies, then I definitely suggest you see this one! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/22/24 Full Review Miranda S Raw, emotional, funny, well executed. Touches on some deep scars of life and does it in a tasteful and entertaining way. Please give it a watch, and bring some tissues. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/09/24 Full Review lyla s this getting rated a 13% makes me wanna cry Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/31/24 Full Review Hannah A The low score on this by critics and others must be from those that haven’t experienced life. This is my favorite movie and I watch it once a year. It shows true tragedies in life but it’s all in how you move forward that makes a difference. It’s heart warming showing selflessness and unique friendships that heal. It’s a must see. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/29/24 Full Review Quinn B The critics giving this low scores are straight up wrong and completely detached from reality. It's a delightful, memorable journey of the heart Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/27/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Boaz Yakin Director Brittany Murphy Molly Gunn Dakota Fanning Ray Schleine Marley Shelton Ingrid Donald Faison Huey Jesse Spencer Neal
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Synopsis Molly Gunn (Brittany Murphy) has never worked a day in her life and has lived like a queen since her father, a famous rock 'n' roll star, died and left her his fortune. But everything changes when Molly realizes that her manager has stolen her money. She lands a job as a nanny for Ray (Dakota Fanning), a young girl whose serious attitude is the opposite of Molly's carefree one. With help from her boyfriend, Neal (Jesse Spencer), Molly tries to bond with Ray and learn how to be an adult.

Director
Boaz Yakin

Producer
John Penotti, Fisher Stevens, Allison Jacobs

Screenwriter
Allison Jacobs, Julia Dahl, Mo Ogrodnik, Lisa Davidowitz

Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, GreeneStreet Films Inc.

Rating
PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language)

Genre
Comedy

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 15, 2003, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008

Box Office (Gross USA)
$36.9M

Runtime
1h 33m

Sound Mix
Surround
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