MATERIAL GIRLS Rating 1 disclosed of 4 Tanzie Hilary Duff Ava Haylie Duff Fabiella Anjelica Huston Inez Maria Conchita Alonso MGM/UA not aways a film directed by Martha Coolidge.

MATERIAL GIRLS

Rating 1 disclosed of 4

Tanzie Hilary Duff

Ava Haylie Duff

Fabiella Anjelica Huston

Inez Maria Conchita Alonso

MGM/UA not aways a film directed by Martha Coolidge. Written by means of John Quaintance, Jessica O'Toole and Amy Rardin. Running time: 99 minutes. Rated PG (for language and rugged humor). Now playing at local theaters.

At least the clothes are gayety

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 riddleed for critics before opening day, stars real-life sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff as heiresses Tanzie and Ava Marchetta, who take through the whole extent of 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 couple Marchetta sisters consistently look fantastic -- equable after they find out they're broke and a scandal offers them in danger of losing the company to rival Fabiella (Anjelica Huston, slumming elegantly).

No the same in this movie is likable. No single 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 on the other hand 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, lately "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge."

Here, plane 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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