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Brittany Murphy uses her ditzy/sexy combination to maximum effect in Uptown Girls. Molly Gunn (Murphy) is an heiress living off the estate of h...(read more...)
er dead rock star father--until an unscrupulous accountant embezzles everything and Molly has to get a job. After a failed attempt at retail work, Molly finds herself as the nanny for a prematurely humorless and rigid little girl named Ray (Dakota Fanning, I Am Sam), whose music mogul mother Roma (Heather Locklear) hardly ever sees her. Meanwhile, Molly woos an English musician who's trying to get a record contract from Roma. Unsurprisingly, Ray teaches Molly to take some responsibility for herself, while Molly gives Ray the opportunity to become the child she is--but despite the formulaic quality of the story, the two actresses play off each other well, and something unexpectedly touching emerges. Also featuring Marley Shelton (Sugar & Spice). --Bret Fetzer
Director:
Boaz Yakin
MPAA: PG-13
Running Time: 92 min.
Release Date: Aug 15, 2003
Cast:
Austin Pendleton,
Brittany Murphy,
Dakota Fanning,
Donald Adeosun Faison,
Donald Faison,
Heather Locklear,
Jesse Spencer,
Marceline Hugot,
Marley Shelton
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