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Uptown Girls
on DVD (2003)
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| Starring: |
Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Marley Shelton, Donald Faison, Heather Locklear |
| Director: |
Boaz Yakin |
| Studio: |
MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time: |
89 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| Genres: |
Comedy |
| Languages: |
English |
| Dubbed: |
German, Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired: |
English, German |
| Subtitles: |
Croatian, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released: |
21/06/2004
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Brief synopsis of Uptown Girls
Brittany Murphy and Dakota Fanning star in this charming romp about a young woman and a young girl who are thrust together against the odds but ultimately teach each other something about life and love. Murphy is Molly Gunn, a rock and roll princess whose father was a famous music legend. She lives wildly off her inheritance--until the man in charge of her money run off with it. With bankruptcy staring her in the face, she is forced to do something she never dreamed of--get a job. So she becomes a nanny--for precocious Ray Schleine (Fanning), an eight-year-old who acts more mature than she does but doesn't have much fun in life.
Boaz Yakin's comedy is filmed throughout New York City and it takes advantage of that setting like few recent films. The streets of the city are another character as Molly and Ray slowly begin to develop a relationship that neither one ever dreamed would happen. The movie features support from Heather Locklear as Ray's very busy record executive mum, Donald Faison as Molly's party-loving music friend, and Jesse Spencer as Molly's musician boyfriend, who did all his own singing on the film and whose work appears on the soundtrack album.
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Radio Times
Newly broke “It Girl” Brittany Murphy takes a job as nanny to precocious youngster Dakota Fanning in this predictable comedy from Remember the Titans director Boaz Yakin. A frothy tale of trust and responsibility, it buries the strong performances of its leads under a nauseating script and an embarrassing romantic subplot. Following stand-out turns in I Am Sam and the sci-fi series Taken, Fanning is remarkably sophisticated as an uptight eight-year-old, while the always quirky Murphy fits the bill perfectly as a dead rock star's immature daughter. Their clash of personalities makes for flashes of spirited humour, and Fanning in particular clearly relishes her bratty role. Had Yakin concentrated solely on this chalk-and-cheese duo, he may have saved his movie, but instead he destroys any potential charm by focusing too heavily on Murphy's obsessive relationship with an unconvincing rock singer (Australian actor Jesse Spencer). The end result is a painful mess that's so sugary and sentimental, it's likely to give viewers stomach ache.
Time Out
Molly Gunn (Murphy) is the party-hearty daughter of a late rock legend. When Molly's accountant makes off with her...
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Halliwell's Film Guide
Contrived and sentimental tale that may have a slight appeal to young girls.
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