4.2 Score

2003 • 1h 32min • PG-13 • Comedy, Drama

Uptown Girls

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

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.

IMDb 6.3

RT 13%

MC 33

Director

Boaz Yakin

Writer

Julia Dahl

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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

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