Genre: Drama, Comedy, Infidelity, Law, Farce, Coming Of Age, Buddies
Tagline: They're about to teach each other how to act their age.
Plot: 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 an 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
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 Heading uptown to hang out with these girls? Save the cab fare. There's no joy in spending even a minute in the company of the bickering Brittany Murphy and Dakota Fanning. They deserve each other. We don't deserve them.  --Robert Sims (Hollywood.com)
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Boaz Yakin
Remember the Titans, Fresh, A Price Above Rubies |
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Scooby-Doo, Fathers' Day, Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Co |
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Lesley Barber
You Can Count on Me, Mansfield Park, When Night Is Falling | |
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