子どものような大人と大人のような子ども。まるで気の合わないようにみえたふたりが、いつしか心を通わせ友情を育んでいく、ほのぼのコメディー。天真らんまんな女のコを演じるのは、『8Mile』や『ジャスト・マリッジ』など幅広い役作りで人気急上昇中のブリタニー・マーフィ。対する子ども役は大人顔負けの演技で、出演作めじろ押しのダコタ・ファニング。撮影は全編ニューヨークで行なわれ、随所にエッセンスを加えている。
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監督: ボアズ・イェーキン
脚本: Julia Dahl / Allison Jacobs / Mo Ogrodnik
音楽: Joel McNeely
制作: フィッシャー・スティーヴンス / ボアズ・イェーキン / John Penotti
撮影監督: Michael Ballhaus
Way more than a shallow “chick flick” romcom. RELEASED IN 2003 and directed by Boaz Yakin, "Uptown Girls" is a dramedy with a little romance about Molly (Brittany Murphy), a fun-loving 22 year-old who suddenly loses her inherited riches and is forced to become a nanny to a stoical neat-freak girl, Ray (Dakota Fanning). Heather Locklear plays Ray’s distant mother who’s an exec in the music biz while Jesse Spencer plays a hunky musician who gets signed. Marley Shelton and Donald Faison are on hand as friends of Molly. The first act didn’t do much for me, but at the halfway point something made me bust out laughing and I busted out four more times before it was over. More importantly, the movie is rich with quality mind/spirit food. Both Molly and Ray are broken people who handle their grief in opposite ways. And each has what the other needs to heal and escape their disorder. “Uptown Girls” boldly reveals that “meds” (drugs) cannot heal or deliver a person; the best they can do is help a person cope. In fact, they usually have negative side-effects, mentally and physically. Sadly, six years after the release of the film Murphy ironically died of cardiac arrest due to inadvertent overdoses of a mixture of over-the-counter & prescription drugs taken (they presume) for a respiratory infection. She was only 32. The flick encourages growing up and achieving true success through (1.) recognizing “golden connections” and taking advantage of them (after all, no one makes it alone, no one; they had help); and (2.) discerning and cultivating one’s special talent(s). I’d say more, but it’s better to see the movie, enjoy it, and quarry the gems for oneself. THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour 32 minutes and was shot in New York City (Manhattan & Brooklyn with studio work done in Queens). WRITERS: Julia Dahl, Mo Ogrodnik & Lisa Davidowitz wrote the script based on Allison Jacobs’ story. GRADE: B+
