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Brilliant and touching

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Brittany Murphy charms as Molly, an immature, sexy, hoarder who lives in the hotel from Babe 2: Pig in the City and sleeps with the pig Babe from Babe. She nannies for Dakota Fanning as Ray, a Skynet-created simulant of a child actor dead set on destroying all humanity, starting with her own facial expressions. The pair butt heads over the idea of "acting one's age" and "who can be a bigger ¢U₦₮." Amidst career and family crises, financial woes, and an unhealthy obsession with forcing sex on the (Australian?) dude from House, Molly learns that no matter how rich, white, privileged, selfish, cruel, and manipulative you are, you can always improve by surrounding yourself with even more selfish, cruel, rich white people that make you seem like a damn saint in comparison. Also she learns that Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray would like her to build him some special rock n' roll pants.While distracted by the fact that I was watching a dead person babysit a ghost, I still managed to register all the screen writing shortcuts, shameless clichés, sexist tropes, and dated licensed music on offer. Imagine my surprise when the film's climax offered an emotionally satisfying arc for all parties involved, reminding us that true, selfless, love and friendship is the most powerful force in this world. Uptown Girls is a family film that's not for kids. A comedy with no real laughs. A romance about codependent manipulation and sexual victimization. A cynical, lazy, trainwreck of a film that left me in tears. RIP Brittany Murphy. Heather Locklear could still get it. And Nasty Nas shows up.

Molly Gunn (Brittany Murphy) is an irresponsible party girl living off the her late rock legend father. Molly finds that her father's accountant Bob stole all her money and she is left penniless. She relies on her friend Ingrid (Marley Shelton), but she screws up the job. Then her other friend Huey (Donald Faison) gets her work as a nanny to hypochondriac Ray Schleine (Dakota Fanning) who is ignored by her music exec mother Roma (Heather Locklear).Brittany Murphy is a complete flake and not the adorable kind. I almost wish she's on drugs. At least that would explain a lot. Dakota Fanning is an angry little girl and again not the adorable kind. It's a clunky mix especially in the beginning. The movie gets better as they actually built a relationship. It's a passable comedy.

This is actually a hard review to write, because of what happened to Brittney Murphy. I saw "Uptown Girls" years ago, on cable, and thought this is a movie that cries for a remake, because the story had possibilities, but the star (Murphy) and the ending ruined it (I did like it better than "Little Black Book" (which I also forgot about, but remember really disliking)). But, I read a lot of positive reviews of "Uptown Girls" (and I heard about the sad story involving Ms. Murphy), so I thought it was worth checking out again, so I watched the final half hour of this film again. Sad to say, I was right the first time and when it seemed like Ms. Murphy (Molly) was basically sick and on drugs throughout the film (the thick black mascara is something you think of seeing on football players, not on a beautiful woman ( also the much older Heather Locklear was better looking in the film)). Spoilers ahead: But beyond that, it seems like there was an abrupt ending to the movie, from Coney Island, to the interview, to the funeral, to the play where Ray (Dakota Fanning (the best one in the movie)), Neal, and the other girls put on the ballet for "Molly" (Speaking of "Molly" that song was brutal). Does it mean that I am right about her, being sick and there was drug use during "Uptown Girls", and it affected the film? No, but when you hear that she died of pneumonia, anemia and drug intoxication (and her husband died the same way),and the fact that her "A" Film career ended so quickly, it makes you think there is something to it. Which is why it is hard to write a review that is both honest ( Except for Dakota Fanning, I did not like the movie), but not trashing Britney Murphy in the process (because she was not a bad person). Basically another very sad Hollywood Story, and since her body of work was not that great (say unlike Marilyn Monroe or Jean Harlow), I cannot watch another Brittney Murphy movie again.

Well i saw this like 2 years after it came out.my friend and i were looking for a movie and we saw it and i said aw that movie looks interesting and it has dakota fanning in it. We turned it on and we simply loved it. It was well written and well acted, Britney is an excellent actress and dakota performed to her greatest. This movie was sad but good. The ending was a bit random but other wise it was excellent. It was very different i thought i could not think of a movie that was like this which made this movie original. I saw this with my mum again when it was on TV and she loved it too. Dakota fanning will be a huge actress and very popular hopefully she will grow to be the biggest a lister in Hollywood