Brittany Murphy

Dakota Fanning

Marley Shelton

Donald Faison

Jesse Spencer

Austin Pendleton

Heather Locklear

Will Toale

Marceline Hugot

Pell James

Quddus

Russell Steinberg

Fisher Stevens

Susanna Frazer

Wynter Kullman

Amy Korb

Geraldine Bartlett

Mark McGrath

Dave Navarro

Peter James Kelsch

Edmund Genest

Greg Baglia

Angelina Hong

Rocco Musacchia

Edward Hibbert

David Wells

Ramsey Faragallah

Tania Deighton

Tom Reilly

Reed Birney

Polly Adams

Laurine Towler

Martin Shakar

Valentina McKenzie

Wayne Gurman

Susan Willis

A.D. Miles

Maria Finglas

Philip Levy

Anthony J. Ribustello

Brian Friedman

Carmen Electra

Duncan Sheik

Dana Klein

Samantha Toohey

Jeremy Petardi

Boaz Yakin

Julia Dahl

Tricia Sawyer

Toni Barton

Robert Carr

Chris David

Marshall Garlington

Robert Hein

Kim Maitland

Glenfield Payne

Ken Teaney

David Wahnon

Vicki Cherkas

Michael Ballhaus

Allison Jacobs

Mo Ogrodnik

Lisa Davidowitz

Joel McNeely

David Ray

Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.

John Penotti

Tim Williams

Ali Farrell

Laura Rosenthal

Kalina Ivanov

Frank White III

Pamela Roy-Stasney

Sarah Edwards

Comedy

Drama

Uptown Girls

GreeneStreet Films

United States of America

English

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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