
The silver spoon daughters of the late cosmetics empire founder Victor Marchetta, Avan and Tanzie, never even took an interest in the business, happy to let it be run by their and the firm's administrator, Tommy Katzenbach, while they lead socialite lives, aiming at a marriage with soap star Mic Rionn. Suddenly a scandal wrecks the firm's stock and their family reputation. Their credit cards are canceled, one of them torches the mansion, the other hands their sports-car to a ... (Full plot summary below)
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The silver spoon daughters of the late cosmetics empire founder Victor Marchetta, Avan and Tanzie, never even took an interest in the business, happy to let it be run by their and the firm's administrator, Tommy Katzenbach, while they lead socialite lives, aiming at a marriage with soap star Mic Rionn. Suddenly a scandal wrecks the firm's stock and their family reputation. Their credit cards are canceled, one of them torches the mansion, the other hands their sports-car to a thief mistaken for a parking valet. So they end up living with their Latina former cleaning lady. Help to investigate whether the firm is really best sold to competitor Fabiella, as Tommy claims, comes from hunky lab technician Rick, whom the previously mistook for the inexistent firm parking lot attendant, and Henry Baines, whose free law for the poor charity they didn't even consider for sponsoring.
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| E! OnlineMatt StevensSave your allowance, kids -- a mall trip would be way more fun than this ditzy Duff fluff. |
| AV ClubAmelie GilletteThe most shocking moment comes during the closing credits, when it's revealed that not one, not two, but three screenwriters were responsible for a plot that someone seems to have hastily slapped together after taking a walk around a Sephora outlet while listening to "Beat Of My Heart" on loop. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderI barely buy them as sisters, let alone as whoever these characters are supposed to be. |
| FilmJerk.comBrian OrndorfAt the very least, Material answers the question everyone wants to know: yes, Haylie is the better actress. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA superficial tween comedy that mocks celebutantes like the Olsen twins while simultaneously pushing stars Hilary and Haylie Duff as their replacements. |
| Detroit Free PressJohn MonaghanNonsensical from the get-go, the girls' fish-out-of-water routine grows interminable. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe Duffs are certainly cute together, but not even their natural chemistry can enliven all the preachy bits about hard work and the meaning of happiness. |
| Boxoffice MagazineBridget ByrneMartha Coolidge's direction treats the whole adventure with more respect than it deserves, which also makes one wish that she'd been able to work with the Duffs on something much more worthwhile. |
| Radio TimesJohn FergusonEven Anjelica Huston as a rival cosmetics magnate struggles to inject any venom into the proceedings. |
| Common Sense MediaJane BoursawA brain-numbing, fluffy flick for tweens. |