Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston

Ava and Tanzie Marchetta have it all. The heiresses to a multi-million dollar cosmetics company, the girls approach life as one big party. But when a scandal involving one of their products emerges, t...( read more  read more... )he girls are left penniless, homeless, and seemingly helpless. They could, of course, take the easy way out and listen to the board of directors who want to sell the company to their biggest competitor, but that would forever taint the name of their late father, who built it from the ground up. Instead, Ava and Tanzie decide to protect what is rightfully theirs. What it's going to take to do that will require them to do some things they've never really considered--growing up, taking initiative and responsibility, and asking for help from others, rather than expecting it to fall into their laps. If they can find their inner strength, they might be able to clear their father's name. If not, the party might be over--for good.

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PG, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Martha Coolidge

Release Date: August 18, 2006

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DVD Release Date: December 12, 2006

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  • September 17, 2009
    It has Hilary Duff in it, which is good. The rest of the film is just a cliched mess. The two rich girls experiencing poor life is ridiculous, as they act like aliens, being unable to communicate or function in the outside world. These acts of "humour" just get more and more ridi...( read more)culous to the point of sighs and groans. There's also a lot of misjudged editing techniques, such as, some of the most pointless split-screen action around. It's bubbly, cute and probably fun for it's target audience, but it has a very short shelf life.
  • November 16, 2007
    Lukas Haas is still alive?!
  • November 8, 2007
    watched first 5 min.
  • August 12, 2007
    Material indeed
  • June 13, 2007
    Lukas Haas was the basically the only enjoyable part of the movie, except when the Duff sister burnt down their house and tried to put it out with a blanket and pillows. Otherwise the movie was a waste of my time and it would be a waste of yours if u decieded to watch it.
  • November 5, 2009
    I watched it because I wanna see Haylie Duff's face. She is beautiful, but the film sucks. The acting was very typical, especially with Hillary. It is like an hour and a half of 2 sisters talking. Maybe because that is how the 2 sisters normally are. All in all, IT SUCKS!
  • October 31, 2009
    Don't watch this movie. My god, it was horrible.
  • October 31, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • October 29, 2009
    Ladies night out film...
  • October 25, 2009
    The plot centers around Marchetta sisters Tanzie (Hilary Duff) and Ava (Haylie Duff), a pair of rich, spoiled socialites who enjoy material things such as shopping and dating rather than caring about their late father's cosmetics company. When a scandal involving one of the compa...( read more)ny's products turns into an investigation, the girls find their assets frozen and must adjust to life without their fortune. Just when it seems like things couldn't get any worse, disaster strikes again. When a fire starts in their home, Ava quickly takes all her clothes while Tanzie, caring about her father more, takes her dad's TiVo and some clothes. They are tempted to listen to their advisors and sell the company to their biggest competitor Fabiella for just over $16 million each. While this means that they could return to the lifestyle that they were accustomed to, nonetheless they decide to honor their father's memory by trying to turn it around themselves. Finding inspiration in Erin Brockovich, the girls decide to get to the root of the scandal. In the end, the girls successfully manage to clear the Marchetta name and reclaim the company. Nearly six months after the scandal began, the girls are seen leading the company, with Ava as the CEO and Tanzie working as a lab technician.

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  • lili2bsb
    November 8, 2008
    i love their cells
  • Realman208
    August 29, 2008
    Egypt is a republic, there r no princess in Egypt
  • nbhatti4000
    March 21, 2008
    very good movie they have to save business of their dad.
  • SpAzY13NRAnDoMcHicK
    January 23, 2008
    i luv u guyz...im such a girly girl now...thxs
    M.W.A.H.H.H.H!!!!! :):):):):):):):)
  • WATvUvLOVEvME
    January 6, 2008
    well duh MATERIAL GIRLS!
  • nikki586
    December 30, 2007
    It's the worst movie Hilary's bought out.... Haylie was a better actress in it too!
  • gyvette
    November 30, 2007
    this movie was a lot like Cow Belles, but Cow Belles was much better and the acting was much better. I got this movie for my 9 year old daughter and she loves Hilary Duff, and even she thought that Cow Belles was much better then this one!
  • xTheGirlCanRockx
    November 19, 2007
    Such an ace film n funny 2! i luv Hilary n Haylie! Hilarys my idol 4eva n eva x mwah x
  • bratzroxkim
    October 13, 2007
    i loved this movie it is one of my favorite movie's.and think that hilary and haylie are really good actor's thoes people that say they are not good actor's well i bet you can not act.
  • ramadz

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