Uptown Girls Critic Reviews

Murphy has a kind of divine ineptitude that moves beyond Marilyn's helplessness into Lucy's dizzy lovability. She is like a magnet for whoops! moments.Read the full review

Light, occasionally charming and reasonably well-crafted.Read the full review

It would help if the plot were more than just an outline with a few convenient turns.Read the full review

A perky comedy aimed at young women that gets the job done with crisp efficiency.Read the full review

Uptown Girls is more downer than upper. Read the full review

Uptown Girls refuses to make Fanning likable, which speaks to a certain misplaced integrity, and tends to throw a wrench in the film's halfhearted attempts at formula.Read the full review

Fatally true to the hypocritical values of its niche market. While pretending to teach a lesson in compassion, it wallows in the perks of privilege.Read the full review

By the climax, the adult has finally become a responsible though still charming citizen; the child has become age appropriate and, yes, even cuter. Tsunami swell of music. Roll the credits. Minus the charm, that pretty much sums up Uptown Girls.Read the full review

The feel-bad movie of the summer. Read the full review