Uptown Girls

2003 92 min ★ 7.0 Comedy, Drama

Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny to Ray - the precocious, oft-ignored daughter of a music executive - she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.

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Cast

Brittany Murphy

Molly Gunn

Dakota Fanning

Ray Schleine

Marley Shelton

Ingrid

Donald Faison

Huey

Jesse Spencer

Neal

Austin Pendleton

Mr. McConkey

Heather Locklear

Roma Schleine

Will Toale

Briefs Model

Marceline Hugot

Nurse

Pell James

Julie

Details

Director

Boaz Yakin

Screenplay

Julia Dahl

Tagline

"They're about to teach each other how to act their age."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$44,617,342

Production

GreeneStreet Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Reviews

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Wuchak

March 15, 2018

★ 7/10

Way more than a shallow “chick flick” romcom. RELEASED IN 2003 and directed by Boaz Yakin, "Uptown Girls" is a dramedy with a little romance about Molly (Brittany Murphy), a fun-loving 22 year-old who suddenly loses her inherited riches and is forced to become a nanny to a stoical neat-freak girl, Ray (Dakota Fanning). Heather Locklear plays Ray’s distant mother who’s an exec in the music biz w...