Material Girls |  | Actors: Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Maria Conchita Alonso, Anjelica Huston, Brent Spiner
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DM106200D
UPC: 027616062000
EAN: 0027616062000
ASIN: B000JFY05W
Theatrical Release Date: August 18, 2006
Release Date: December 12, 2006
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Product Description
TWO WEALTHY SISTERS, BOTH HEIRESSES TO THEIR FAMILY'S COSMETICS FORTUNE, ARE GIVEN A WAKE-UP CALL WHEN A SCANDAL & ENSUINGINVESTIGATION STRIP THEM OF THEIR WEALTH.
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Glamour girls Hilary and Haylie Duff (featured in Lizzie McGuire and 7th Heaven, respectively) star as cosmetic heiresses Ava and Tanzie Marchetta, whose lives get turned upside down when their deceased father's company is accused of selling toxic products. Wouldn't you know it, Ava and Tanzie decide to go all Erin Brockovich and investigate. Material Girls should be awful--but it isn't. It's not a great film, it may not even be a good film, but it's more watchable than it has any right to be, thanks to the confident and thoughtful guiding hand of director Martha Coolidge (Rambling Rose, Valley Girl). It's hard to say exactly how a director can keep something like Material Girls from being as insipid as, say, New York Minute. Coolidge injects some hint of awareness of what it actually means to be poor, casts some surprising actors (like Anjelica Huston, Prizzi's Honor; Brent Spiner, Star Trek: The Next Generation; and Lukas Haas, Brick), and somehow makes the Marchetta sisters both vapid and sympathetic--all of which is some impressive cinematic alchemy. The result is the most enjoyable film of Hilary Duff's career. --Bret Fetzer
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 So Psyched! October 12, 2006
Kristin Wilson
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I am so happy to finally know a release date for this! I went and saw the movie on opening weekend, I was able to talk my dad into going, which was cool because we used to have a tradition of going to the movies before school started, but we hadn't gone in so long, and actually, most of the movies I like are movies I would not feel comfortable seeing with my dad. This is a family friendly movie, and I think anyone with an open mind would enjoy it. I loved it, I am a 23 year old Hilary Duff fan, and proud, but even my dad enjoyed the movie, then again he always preferred "clean" movies to some of the more mainstream inappropriate films. This movie will definitely be in my collection, and when I have kids I will very comfortably watch it with them.
Overall, great movie, funny, inspiring.
 Don't waste your time January 2, 2007
guitarchick24 (USA)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I had heard mixed reviews of this movie, enough to make me curious at the rental store. I give kudos to anyone who's patient enough to watch this movie the whole way through.
Material Girls stars sisters Hilary and Hayley Duff as two fictional sisters who are heiresses to a major corporation and the money it produces. The Marchetta girls are the faces of the Marchetta cosmetics company, started by their late father, but that's all they really are - the figureheads. The company is actually run by their father's best friend and the man who holds their company - and fortune - in trust. When a scandal breaks loose regarding toxic ingredients in the cosmetics and facially damaging products, the sisters lose their fortune overnight and become "poor." (Sort of.) But something doesn't seem right... so they take matters into their own hands and investigate the situation.
It's hard to imagine that anyone could be so clueless about the real world and the issues that regular people face, but the Marchetta girls don't think beyond the latest fashion or party. They're so self-focused to the point of rudeness, and it's not until the tables are turned that they realize there's a bigger world out there. (And they're still pretty rude and self-centered.) I also found some things hard to believe - from what I could tell, the girls weren't of age (hence the "in trust" issue with their father's friend), and yet they're living in this huge mansion with no one to supervise them but servants. Where's their mother? When their house burns down they don't turn to family, they turn to their former housekeeper to take them in.
This movie had potential to be a really good coming-of-age story, if the two Marchetta sisters were allowed to grow up. As it was, once they decided to "investigate," I just skipped ahead on the DVD to the very predictable ending. I was extremely disgusted with their behavior throughout most of the movie and the fact that, in spite of their hardships, they didn't seem to learn anything. They just complained about their situation (no valets? we have to take the bus? we have to clean things?) and still managed to come out on top.
There are much better movies out there that actually have the main characters grow and learn something through adversity. This one isn't even worth the space it holds on the rental shelf.
 A good effort but.... March 25, 2007
Barbara L. Morris (Toledo Ohio USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
3 stars for effort.
This ALMOST was a good movie. I thought for sure it would be good because usually riches to rags stories are. (Just my luck" was cute, I thought.)
This went nowhere, then DIED in the middle.
Although the IDEA was good, the story flopped, and this is why.
Whoever edited it did a bad job. It was choppy, and a lot of it seemed FORCED.Certain scenes seemed totally out of synch.
ALSO, It was more Haylie's debut film, and Hillary was sort of just thrown in there...and truth is, I really don't care for Haylie Duff.
But all stars try getting thier sisters in, I guess.
Britney did it with Jamie Lynn, Lindsay Lohan is trying to get her sis Ali in, and so on...
Anyway, had there been better editing, and the focus wasn't so much on Haylie, it could have been a good movie. The IDEA was good, but that is where it ended.
Maybe worth a rental but not a buy.
My Review on Material Girls November 26, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think Material Girls was amazing. It was Hilary Duff's best film ever. I would rate it best movie of the year. I think it's cool how they try to proove they didn't sell a toxic product. I like how Hilary and Hailey worked together it made it so much more realistic. That's my point of view on Material Girls.
Good but suffers from the writing August 21, 2006
Shawn Bell (Seattle, Wa. USA)
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
These two girls work so hard and are very talented and this film has it's charm, it's not a bad film, but the writing is a bit weak. That said, the girls perform well given what they had to work with. I think that both Duffs are in the situation of being quite talented but in search of a worthy and well written script as young adults.They are not the only actors in such a situation unfortunately, the fact that Hollywood has many years where the overall movie making lacks great quality does not help.
I saw it this weekend and I'd say am glad I did. It was really nice to see Haylie at work. The performance from both Duff's was good in spite of the writing. It can also be said that the film shows off both girls physical beauty more so than previous projects.I ,sadly, cannot say that I've ever met Haylie but I have seen Hilary close up in person and she really is as beautiful as she looks in pictures. This film captures more of that.
I understand who the target audience for this is and even fans who are from the broader spectrum should see it and not judge it harshly. It's charming and I'd buy the dvd. They really wanted to work together on a project and I applaud that and hope they get the chance to do so again with a better script.
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