
In New York City, Molly Gunn is a spoiled, wealthy, immature young woman who lives as if she were a fairytale princess. Her father, a popular rock guitarist, died in a plane crash with her mother when she was little. In a nightclub on her birthday she meets Lorraine "Ray" Schleine, a nasty young girl with an adult attitude, who lives with her careless mother and a terminally-ill father in a fancy uptown apartment. When Molly's accountant vanishes with her US$ 100,000,000.00 i... (Full plot summary below)
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In New York City, Molly Gunn is a spoiled, wealthy, immature young woman who lives as if she were a fairytale princess. Her father, a popular rock guitarist, died in a plane crash with her mother when she was little. In a nightclub on her birthday she meets Lorraine "Ray" Schleine, a nasty young girl with an adult attitude, who lives with her careless mother and a terminally-ill father in a fancy uptown apartment. When Molly's accountant vanishes with her US$ 100,000,000.00 inheritance, she is left with nothing but debts and must work to survive--with no previous experience or marketable skills. She is hired to be Ray's babysitter, and their close contact makes Molly reach maturity and Ray act like the 8-year-old she is.
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| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussTakes an extremely obvious comic situation ... and misses the easy laughs by miles. |
| Dallas Morning NewsPhilip WuntchIt's possible that Uptown Girls will supplant Gigli as the summer's biggest joke. |
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovA collection of cliches and test screening results, put together in no particular order. |
| Worcester Telegram & GazetteDaniel M. KimmelWhether you buy Uptown Girls or not will depend on whether you're willing to go along with its utterly contrived and formulaic plot. |
| Entertainment TodayBrent SimonA weird, unsuccessful and by all accounts unreasoned blend of styles [that] seems shot and edited together by two entirely different people. |
| EDGE BostonDavid FoucherBrittany Murphy and Dakota Fanning can't rise above a weak script in this riches-to-rags tale; "Uptown" is low-rent. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittAdd marvelously imaginative directing -- finally Yakin fulfills the promise he showed in "Fresh" almost a decade ago -- and you have a colorful, creative, deliciously frolicsome romp. |
| Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA perky comedy aimed at young women that gets the job done with crisp efficiency. |
| Filmcritic.comSean O'ConnellHaphazardly slapped together without an original bone in its anorexic frame. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMurphy has a kind of divine ineptitude that moves beyond Marilyn's helplessness into Lucy's dizzy lovability. She is like a magnet for whoops! moments. |