Uptown Girls

PG-13

Released Aug 15, 2003

1h 33m

Comedy

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13%

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113 Reviews

61%

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250,000+ Ratings

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

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

Jan 10, 2018

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

A lame, predictable comedy.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 29, 2010

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 1/5

Apr 1, 2006

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

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.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 3, 2019

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

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

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 7, 2010

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

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

Apr 29, 2009

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Courtney B

The greatest movie to ever exist. My comfort movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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Mia L

Uptown girls was a great movie! If you love 2000s girly movies, then I definitely suggest you see this one!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Miranda S

Raw, emotional, funny, well executed. Touches on some deep scars of life and does it in a tasteful and entertaining way. Please give it a watch, and bring some tissues.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/09/24

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lyla s

this getting rated a 13% makes me wanna cry

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/31/24

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Hannah A

The low score on this by critics and others must be from those that haven’t experienced life. This is my favorite movie and I watch it once a year. It shows true tragedies in life but it’s all in how you move forward that makes a difference. It’s heart warming showing selflessness and unique friendships that heal. It’s a must see.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/29/24

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Quinn B

The critics giving this low scores are straight up wrong and completely detached from reality. It's a delightful, memorable journey of the heart

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/24

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Boaz Yakin

Director

Brittany Murphy

Molly Gunn

Dakota Fanning

Ray Schleine

Marley Shelton

Ingrid

Donald Faison

Huey

Jesse Spencer

Neal

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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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