Material Girls

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

Aug 18 2006 PG 1h 38m
Comedy, Family, Romance

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

John Quaintance, Jessica O'Toole, Amy Rardin

Directed by

Martha Coolidge

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Rafter H Entertainment, Maverick Films, Patriot Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
22,937
Average Rating
4 out of 10
Metascore
17
Popularity
NA