Uptown Girls

2003

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

49
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 61% · 111 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 61% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 51080 51.1K

new york city nanny

Plot summary

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.

Director

Boaz Yakin Photo
Boaz Yakin

Top cast

Dakota Fanning Photo
Dakota Fanning as Ray
Pell James Photo
Pell James as Julie
Karen Lam Photo
Karen Lam as Ballet Dancer
Austin Pendleton Photo
Austin Pendleton as Mr. McConkey
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667.5 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 25
1.39 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 92

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by amsmall27 7 / 10

It's been a long time

Just rewatched this classic. Brittany Murphy was so pretty. I miss her so much.
Reviewed by Wuchakk 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 while Jesse Spencer plays a hunky musician who gets signed. Marley Shelton and Donald Faison are on hand as friends of Molly. The first act didn't do much for me, but at the halfway point something made me bust out laughing and I busted out four more times before it was over. More importantly, the movie is rich with quality mind/spirit food. Both Molly and Ray are broken people who handle their grief in opposite ways. And each has what the other needs to heal and escape their disorder."Uptown Girls" boldly reveals that "meds" (drugs) cannot heal or deliver a person; the best they can do is help a person cope. In fact, they usually have negative side-effects, mentally and physically. Sadly, six years after the release of the film Murphy ironically died of cardiac arrest due to inadvertent overdoses of a mixture of over-the-counter & prescription drugs taken (they presume) for a respiratory infection. She was only 32.The flick encourages growing up and achieving true success through (1.) recognizing "golden connections" and taking advantage of them (after all, no one makes it alone, no one; they had help); and (2.) discerning and cultivating one's special talent(s). I'd say more, but it's better to see the movie, enjoy it, and quarry the gems for oneself. THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour 32 minutes and was shot in New York City (Manhattan & Brooklyn with studio work done in Queens). WRITERS: Julia Dahl, Mo Ogrodnik & Lisa Davidowitz wrote the script based on Allison Jacobs' story. GRADE: B+
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