Uptown Girls (2003)

6.3PG-1392 minDirector: Boaz Yakin

2003 American film

Uptown Girls is a 2003 American comedy drama film directed by Boaz Yakin and starring Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Heather Locklear, Marley Shelton, Donald Faison, and Jesse Spencer. Adapted by screenwriters Julia Dahl, Mo Ogrodnik and Lisa Davidowitz from a story by Allison Jacobs, it focuses on Molly Gunn (Murphy), the naïve daughter of a famous rock musician who, after learning her inheritance has been embezzled, finds herself employed as a nanny for a precocious hypochondriac girl named Ray (Fanning) in Manhattan, New York.

Initially panned, the film later gained a more positive reception and has been called a 2000s classic.

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What is Uptown Girls about?
Uptown Girls (2003) — In New York City, Molly Gunn is a spoiled, wealthy, immature young woman who lives as if she were a fairytale princess. Her father, a popular rock guitarist, died in a plane crash with her mother when she was little. In a nightclub on her birthday she meets Lorraine "Ray" Schlein
Is Uptown Girls based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Uptown Girls scary?
Content rating: PG-13. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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