Material Girls 2006 American teen comedy film

 

Material Girls is a 2006 American teen comedy film starring Hilary and Haylie Duff. It is based on a script written by John Quaintance and is directed byMartha Coolidge. It also stars Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, and Brent Spiner. The plot was conceived from Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. It is co-produced by Patriot Pictures and Maverick Films.

Tanzania "Tanzie" (Hilary Duff) and Ava (Haylie Duff), two rich, spoiled Hollywood socialites who enjoy material things such as shopping and dating, rather than caring about their late father's cosmetics company. When a major media scandal involving their father's night cream causing extreme skin conditions breaks out on the news, the press soon mob the girls, causing them to stay inside. The girls find their assets frozen and must adjust to life without their fortune.

Soon a fire starts in their mansion, as Ava quickly grabs her engagement party dress and some miscellaneous objects. Tanzie, on the other hand, takes her father's TiVo which had a recording of her father talking about his cosmetics on the news and doesn't grab any clothes. They leave for a hotel and soon learn all their credit cards have been shut down, so they go and stay with their maid and close family friend in her small apartment. They are tempted to listen to their advisors and sell the company to their biggest competitor Fabiella (Anjelica Huston), for over $60 million each. Although this means that they could return to the extravagant lifestyle they were accustomed to, 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. They use their good looks and charming personalities to win the case and prove their father's innocence.

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 chemist, with them both finding their true loves - for Tanzie, lab technician and fellow chemist Rick and for Ava, legal clinic lawyer Henry.

CastHilary Duff as Tanzania "Tanzie" Marchetta
Haylie Duff as Ava Marchetta
Anjelica Huston as Fabiella Du Mont
Brent Spiner as Tommy
Lukas Haas as Henry
Faith Prince as Pam
Marcus Coloma as Rick
Obba Babatundé as Craig
María Conchita Alonso as Inez
Reagan Dale Neis as Jaden
Ty Hodges as Etienne
Colleen Camp as Charlene
Philip Casnoff as Victor Marchetta
Tanya Alexander as LaPorscha
Dot Jones as Butch Brenda
Cheyenne Haynes and Andrea Ramirez as Inez's daughters
Brandon Beemer as Mick Rionn
Joel Madden and Benji Madden as Mistaken Valets
Joanne Baron as Gretchen