Uptown Girls -

Uptown Girls isn't a movie about a woman who learns to be responsible. It is a movie about a woman who learns that responsibility doesn't have to kill your spirit. It argues that the only way to survive the "uptown" demands of perfection is to remain a little bit messy, a little bit loud, and a little bit willing to dance to a one-hit wonder from 1993.

Molly teaches Ray how to eat sugar cereal. Ray teaches Molly how to balance a checkbook. But the real exchange is deeper: Molly gives Ray permission to be scared, and Ray gives Molly permission to be sad. Their truce comes not during a montage, but in a scene where Ray screams, "You’re a grown-up! You’re supposed to fix it!" and Molly screams back, "I can’t! I’m not a grown-up!" No discussion of Uptown Girls is complete without the "Shampoo" scene. Having hit rock bottom, Molly takes a job as a birthday party entertainer (dressed in a vaguely disturbing butterfly costume). When the children reject her, she retreats to a bathroom. Ray follows. Uptown Girls

The film’s final line is perfect. Ray, having accepted that life is messy, looks at Molly and says, "You know, for someone who doesn’t have a job, you sure are busy." Uptown Girls isn't a movie about a woman