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Material Girls
EMAILPRINTMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation

Overwhelming dislike
Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 31 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama | Family/Kids
Written by:
John Quaintance
Jessica O'Toole
Amy Rardin
Directed by: Martha Coolidge
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 18, 2006
DVD: December 12, 2006
Running Time: 97 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG for language and rude humor
Starring Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston, Brent Spiner, Lukas Haas, Marcus Coloma, Maria Conchita Alonso, and Obba Babatundé
A comedy that takes you from the penthouse to the poorhouse and back again, along with Ava and Tanzie Marchetta (the Duff sisters) as celebutantes who realize that potential they never knew they had. (MGM)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
TV Guide Ken Fox
The Duffs are certainly cute together, but not even their natural chemistry can enliven all the preachy bits about hard work and the meaning of happiness.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Michael Hardy
Isn't as witty, stylish, or sophisticated as the similarly themed "The Devil Wears Prada." Material Girls is pitched to the Seventeen crowd, and it succeeds on its own terms. These days, even pre teens live in a material world.
Read Full Review >Variety Joe Leydon
It's less substantial than cotton candy, but Material Girls is as slickly produced as one of the Marchetta TV spots.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
A superficial tween comedy that mocks celebutantes like the Olsen twins while simultaneously pushing stars Hilary and Haylie Duff as their replacements.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Luke Y. Thompson
The Duffs don't even fully commit to their characters here -- they’'e seemingly undecided about whether they can get away with being shallow and bratty without ruining their family-friendly images.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
The real-life sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff star in this incompetent spin on the poor-little-rich-girl story.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Amelie Gillette
The most shocking moment comes during the closing credits, when it's revealed that not one, not two, but three screenwriters were responsible for a plot that someone seems to have hastily slapped together after taking a walk around a Sephora outlet while listening to "Beat Of My Heart" on loop.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
There is plenty of blame to go around for this laughless mess.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Even by the low standards of the genre it represents, this female teen comedy represents a new nadir.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Russell Smith
Mainly offers fodder for tweens who fantasize about glamorous Los Angeles lifestyles where everyone is skinny, rich, and on Prozac. It's a film where gays and minorities not only fit into stereotypes, but embrace them.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 4.1 (out of 10) based on 31 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jordan G. gave it a0:
No plot. No laughs. Very bad acting. Very annoying sisters to begin with. The movie should have never been released. No one laughed throughout the entire movie and there was a line at the refunds table. Need I say more?
C. gave it a0:
Bad movie. Bad plot, bad acting, bad characters, bad dialogue... Hell, everything is bad. The only actor who does a better job than the rest is A. Huston.
Sanghee J. gave it a0:
this has to be the most horrible excuse for a movie I have ever seen. I've always hated Hilary Duff, and I also hate how many little sisters are famous off their big sisters (Jamie Lynne Spears, Ashlee Simpson), and this movie had both! It was a two-for-one. The acting was horrible, the plot was bland. The only thing I wanted was a refund for my money, and a time reimbursement for the hour and a half I spent there. I feel bad for anyone whose mind even flits accross the vague notion of seeing this film.
Ana K. gave it a0:
i tried to enjoy this movie, and i sorta enjoyed it... well making fun of how terrible it is. it was a terrible movie, with no storyline, and bad acting. it seems as though, it would be better spent giving a lecture, cause it was a lecture in the form of bad acting.
Tony L. gave it a0:
Career advice for the Duff sisters: Hilary - Make 3 more Lizzie McGuire Movies. "Lizzie goes to college/Lizzie get's married/Lizzie has a baby" and call it a day! Haylie- Borrow some college money from Hilary, get a degree; and move on down the line!
Dave D. gave it a2:
Bad Movie in nearly every way. Hillary Duff is annoying and the movie looks like it was shot and directed by a drunk and bored three-year old.
Diego R. gave it a1:
I really wanted to enjoy this film. But it's so bad, the acting is just horrible, i feel sorry for Angelica Houston thought, in every scene that she appears we can see on her face an expression like : "Get me out of here, i'm just doing this piece of c** because of the paycheck". And adding to this, the film is still racist!! Haylie is not the worst, but just because she have Hillary to be compared.
