Material Girls (2006) [PG]

Featuring:
Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston

Written by:
John Quaintance
Jessica O'Toole
Amy Rardin

Directed by:
Martha Coolidge


Release Date:
August 18, 2006

Original Title:
Material Girls

Genres:
Comedy | Family | Romance

Production Companies:
Arclight Films
Maverick Films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Patriot Pictures
Rafter H Entertainment

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: TP  GB: PG  US: PG 

Runtime: 97

It's A Short Trip From The Penthouse To The Poorhouse.

Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family's cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.

The silver spoon daughters of the late cosmetics empire founder Victor Marchetta, Avan and Tanzie, never even took an interest in the business, happy to let it be run by their and the firm's administrator, Tommy Katzenbach, while they lead socialite lives, aiming at a marriage with soap star Mic Rionn. Suddenly a scandal wrecks the firm's stock and their family reputation. Their credit cards are canceled, one of them torches the mansion, the other hands their sports-car to a thief mistaken for a parking valet. So they end up living with their Latina former cleaning lady. Help to investigate whether the firm is really best sold to competitor Fabiella, as Tommy claims, comes from hunky lab technician Rick, whom the previously mistook for the inexistent firm parking lot attendant, and Henry Baines, whose free law for the poor charity they didn't even consider for sponsoring.

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Rankings and Honors

Material Girls (2006) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 3.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes 4%
Metacritic 17/100
Awards Won: 1 win & 4 nominations

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