OK so Material girls is awful. It's bland, redundant, silly, clichéd but strangely likable. There is just nothing right about this movie. It's all wrong., but it's very likable like it's two stars. Hilary and Haylie Duff are not good actresses by any stretch but they have that something that makes them popular. Barely retaining any talent they managed to stay in the spotlight. As for the movie it's about two sisters that are heads of their late fathers Cosmetics company they're socialites and referred to as the Marscheta sisters. Overnight a scandal takes place and bankrupts their entire company. Leaving them on their own to fend for themselves. There is of course the obligatory corny romances Hilary with hottie Columbo and Haylie with geeky but endearing Haas. Huston plays the villain the head of Fabiella cosmetics looking to buy their company. Although she really isn't much of a villain and Spiner of TV's Star Trek (Data) stars as their chummy trustee. The film works as you would think it would. There is nothing especially surprising about it. Except that it's just a bit more grown up of a film than you might usually expect from Hilary Duff. You'll finally recognize that her body has filled out and she's not afraid to flaunt it, especially her upper half. Recently she became quite emaciated but has filled out since than and looks healthy and good, very good. And there is a strange prison lesbian scene with Hilary it's all there upping the awfulness and yet adding to the likability as well. This is a strange movie when it does everything wrong but you just can't hate it. Martha Coolidge directed this likable mess and it's a far cry from her much better but slightly muddled Prince and me. So yes I found myself disappointed, but not by much. It's kind of what I expected. there was minimal advertisisng and not a big push for the film. But hey I liked it, I think...
**1/2 (out of four) ????
**1/2 (out of four) ????