MATERIAL GIRLS Rating 1 witho...

MATERIAL GIRLS

Rating 1 without of 4

Tanzie Hilary Duff

Ava Haylie Duff

Fabiella Anjelica Huston

Inez Maria Conchita Alonso

MGM/UA existings a film directed by Martha Coolidge. Written by the agency of John Quaintance, Jessica O'Toole and Amy Rardin. Running time: 99 minutes. Rated PG (for language and uneven humor). Now playing at local theaters.

At least the clothes are pleasantry

That's the best thing we can say about "Material Girls." Then again, with a title like that, they'd better be.

This shrill comedy which shockingly wasn't veiled for critics before opening day, stars real-life sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff as heiresses Tanzie and Ava Marchetta, who take from one side of to the other the family's cosmetics empire after their father dies.

Paris and Nicky Hilton exhibit more character nuance. And they're vaguely more entertaining to watch.

the two Marchetta sisters consistently look fantastic -- on the same level after they find out they're broke and a scandal proposes them in danger of losing the company to rival Fabiella (Anjelica Huston, slumming elegantly).

No undivided in this movie is likable. No the same merits our affection or our sympathy.

Maria Conchita Alonso does the best she can to provide substance as the maid who's helped raise Tanzie and Ava, realizes they're pathetic further loves them anyway.

Weirdly, "Material Girls" is the work of Martha Coolidge, directing in an uncharacteristically tone-deaf manner. This is the woman who brought us "Valley Girl" and "Real Genius" and, freshly "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge."

Here, smooth the jaunty music accompanying all the girls' pratfalls and misadventures can't convince us that we're suppos to be amused.

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