Uptown Girls Movie Review 2003

Cloying female buddy comedy pits a ditsy, down-on-her-luck socialite against an extremely precocious and well-off 8-year-old with annoying results. After her financial manager embezzles her inheritance, spoiled New York trust-fund kid Molly (Murphy) is forced to get a (shudder!) job. She becomes a nanny to young Ray (Fanning), who is largely abandoned by her record exec mum (Locklear in an especially unappealing performance). The two butt heads immediately, but through a series of uninspired events predictably do the role reversal bit--learning from each other how to act more their own ages. Murphy's performance is forced and just plain weird at times. Fanning holds her own against her flaky co-star and dismal script.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 93 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

New York, New York, Nannies & Governesses, The Help: Female, Female Bonding

Screenplay

Mo Ogrodnik, Julia Dahl, Lisa Davidowitz

Cast

Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Heather Locklear, Donald Adeosun Faison, Marley Shelton, Austin Pendleton, Jesse Spencer

Cinematography

Michael Ballhaus

Director

Boaz Yakin

Music

Joel McNeely

Other

Bob Hein, Maureen Crowe, David Ray, Frank White, Sarah Edwards, Kalina Ivanov

Producer

John Penotti, Fisher Stevens, Allison Jacobs, Greenstreet, MGM