Material Girls (2006)

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.

Director:

Martha Coolidge

Writers:

John Quaintance, Jessica O'Toole,

Stars:

Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Maria Conchita Alonso

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hilary Duff	...	Tanzie Marchetta
Haylie Duff	...	Ava Marchetta
Maria Conchita Alonso	...	Inez
Anjelica Huston	...	Fabiella
Brent Spiner	...	Tommy Katzenbach
Lukas Haas	...	Henry Baines
Marcus Coloma	...	Rick
Ty Hodges	...	Etienne
Reagan Dale Neis	...	Jaden
Obba Babatundé	...	Craig (as Obba Babatunde)
Henry Cho	...	Ned Nakamori
Misti Traya	...	Martinique
Christina R. Copeland	...	Brigitta
Brandon Beemer	...	Mic Rionn
Colleen Camp	...	Charlene

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

cosmetics | credit card | wealth | night club | merger | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for language and rude humor

Details

Official Sites:

MGM [us] Official site [ru]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 August 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Chicas materiales

Filming Locations:

Barwick Studios - 4585 Electronics Place, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£300,962 (UK) (2 March 2007)

Gross:

£663,327 (UK) (16 March 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Maverick Films, Rafter H Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film began production on April 18, 2005. On March 31, 2006, Lukas Haas (Henry), told an entertainment website that the movie might not find a distributor. On April 6, Box Office Mojo reported that the movie had been bought by MGM, and would be released in August. It was released in 1,500 theaters, and flopped.

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Goofs

When Tanzie and Ava are going to visit Margo, Hilary Duff (as Tanzie) accidentally uses Haylie's name instead of her character's name, Ava.

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Quotes

Tanzie Marchetta: [from trailer] Friends don't let friends take public transportation.

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Connections

References Forrest Gump (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Ready To Go"
Performed by Natalie Poole
Written by Evan Olson

User Reviews

We got ourselves a new courthouse...

High time we had a hangin'. You know, I actually like Hilary Duff. She isn't so bad, compared to most of her contemporaries. Then she had to go and crap out a "movie" like this. I'm appalled that Anjelica Huston has fallen so far. Say it ain't so, Morticia. I heard this was written for the Olsen Twins, and they turned it down. I've seen New York Minute. If the Olsens turned it down, you have to be dumb or desperate to sign up, cuz it's gonna be bad. Hilary and Haley oughta get strung up for this. What a waste of talent. Maybe they'll do a horror flick and it'll happen, and then we can forgive them for swinging so low (no pun intended.) Let us pray to the movie gods for something good, soon. Please.

But for now...somebody go get a rope.