Uptown Girls (2003)
They're about to teach each other how to act their age.
Starring: Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Marley Shelton, Donald Faison, Jesse Spencer, Austin Pendleton, Heather Locklear
Director: Boaz Yakin
Running Time: 92 minutes
US MPAA rating: N/AUK BBFC rating: 12A
Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1989, three famous American directors each made a short film set in New York, and the result was 'New York Stories', opening with Martin Scorsese's brilliant 'Life Lessons', closing with Woody Allen's one-joke-but-it's-a-funny-one 'Oedipus Wrecks' - and sandwiched in the middle was Francis Ford Coppola's utterly execrable 'Life Without Zoe', a self-indulgent and annoyingly twee tale of a pampered little rich girl living a charmed life, written largely by a very young Sofia Coppola (who has since made amends with 'The Virgin Suicides' and
It's Got: A pig called Mu, and Heather Locklear playing (you guessed it) a bitch.
It Needs: Believable (and likeable) characters, laughs, a coherent script.
Alternatives: 'New York Stories', Maid in Manhattan
Summary: If you liked 'Maid in Manhattan', then 'Uptown Girls' is just what you deserve.
External Links
Official Web Site
Uptown Girls at the IMDB
Comments4 Comments |
| I Loved Uptown girls it's my favorite movie ever!I watch it over and over again.Brittany Murphy and Dakota Fanning are SO pretty!! |
| Comment by:- Brooke | | 06 July 2004 | ip: logged |
| It's the worst movie I've seen ever! The british singer boyfriend made it even worse. |
| Comment by:- betsy Smith | | 20 July 2004 | ip: logged |
| The est film i eva watched in my whole life n always wil b hueva says its rubbish watched it with there eyes closed!!! |
| Comment by:- hazel | | 21 November 2004 | ip: logged |
| This movie blows. To say it is incoherent is a kindness, it is word salad. In other words it is totally schizoid. Who let this mess out of the can? |
| Comment by:- SavageGrrl | | 04 April 2005 | ip: logged |
