Uptown Girls

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Uptown Girls

PG-13

2003

1h 33m

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Sheila Johnston

London Evening Standard

01/10/2018

Saucereyed and hedgehog-haired, Brittany Murphy thinks, wrongly, that she is adorably kooky as the party girl.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/29/2010

2/5

A lame, predictable comedy.

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Andrew Sarris

Observer

09/26/2003

Though I found Mr. Yakin's direction unexpectedly imaginative, and the script often incongruously subtle, I couldn't get into the spirit of all the whimsy, the reason being the surprising lack of charm in the two leads.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

11/03/2019

2.5/5

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.

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

01/07/2010

1.5/4

Fanning practically dares the audience to throw sharp objects at the screen with her thoroughly obnoxious performance.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

04/29/2009

Brought down with emotional manipulation, melodrama, and just a bi-polar mood.

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kayleigh

@kaybi Feb 17

one of my favorite movies, bad reviews are from jealous old women

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Esra Y

Feb 11

Script is profoundly shallow and feels old somehow. The chemistry bw Brittany Murphy and Dakota Fanning is so sweet. If only their performances were backed by writing and directing.

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Ed B.

@EdLee Jan 30

Uptown girls, while not really interesting on the surface. I found myself intrigued with the two primary actresses relationships through the film. Brittany Murphy and Dakota Fanning both display a serious and playful performances which is compelling. However the story was not anything special.

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Carlos T

Jan 29

🎥 **Enredo & Estória** *Grande Menina, Pequena Mulher* é um daqueles filmes que chegam de mansinho e, quando você percebe, já está emocionalmente envolvido. Molly Gunn é filha de um lendário astro do rock, criada entre privilégios, liberdade e excesso. Mas quando o dinheiro acaba, ela é forçada a encarar o mundo real — algo que nunca precisou fazer. Seu primeiro emprego é cuidar de Ray, uma menina extremamente inteligente, rígida, controladora e com claros traços de TOC, que já espantou inúmeras babás. O encontro entre essas duas almas opostas é o coração do filme. Molly, que vive como uma eterna criança, encontra em Ray uma "adulta em miniatura". Enquanto uma aprende a impor limites, a outra descobre o valor do afeto, do erro e da leveza. O filme cresce justamente nesse contraste: ordem versus caos, razão versus emoção, controle versus liberdade. Nota final:** **8,5

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Mar O

Jan 28

una de las películas más hermosas que he visto en toda mi vida, pero también, una de las películas que toda persona tiene que ver en su vida.

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DANIEL IGNACIO C

@Daniel703 Jan 25

I love this movie, Is beautiful.

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Boaz Yakin

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Brittany Murphy

Molly Gunn

Dakota Fanning

Ray Schleine

Marley Shelton

Ingrid

Donald Faison

Huey

Jesse Spencer

Neal

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Uptown Girls: Official Clip - It's a Harsh World

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Uptown Girls: Official Clip - Slaps and Hugs

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Uptown Girls: Official Clip - You're Workin' For Me!

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Uptown Girls: Official Clip - Neal Feels Suffocated

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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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