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Maybe Uptown Girls Had Growing Up Figured Out All Along
One wanted to grow up. One needed to. Somehow, they both had a point.
Watch NowRewatching Uptown Girls as an adult comes with a mildly alarming realization: when did Molly Gunn start making so much sense? As a kid, Ray had the right idea. Be responsible. Follow the rules. Keep it together. Molly was fabulous, obviously, but letting her manage your life? Absolutely not.
Then you grow up and realize Uptown Girls was never really about choosing between Ray’s rules and Molly’s chaos. Ray had to grow up too fast; Molly was still holding onto the childhood she lost. Somewhere between “fundamentals are the building blocks of fun” and one very important teacup ride, they give each other permission to meet in the middle.
After 23 years since it was released, maybe that’s why the movie hits harder now. Growing up isn’t becoming Ray or Molly. Turns out adulthood may just be finding the sweet spot between remembering your responsibilities and knowing when to get on the teacup ride anyway.
The Cast
Brittany Murphy
Nobody could make having absolutely no plan look quite as charming as Brittany Murphy. Her Molly is whimsical, warm, stylish and approximately three unopened envelopes away from a crisis at all times. But underneath all that sparkle is someone learning that moving forward doesn’t mean leaving every piece of your old life behind.
Dakota Fanning
Fanning makes Ray tiny, severe, and weirdly powerful, like an 8-year-old who has already filed her taxes and judged your shoes. Her precision is the perfect match for Murphy’s chaos, and their push-pull gives the movie its heartbeat.
Heather Locklear as Roma Schleine
Locklear brings cool distance to Roma, Ray’s glamorous mother, without turning her into a cartoon. She feels present and absent at the same time, which matters here. Her character helps explain why Ray treats childhood like an inconvenience.
Jesse Spencer as Neal
Spencer plays Neal with just enough rock-star shine to make Molly’s orbit around him make sense. He’s charming, slippery, and useful as a mirror for the fantasy Molly is trying to live inside before life barges in wearing ballet flats.
“Put on the tutu, answer the door, and pretend adulthood isn’t winning.”
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