{"id":1961404,"date":"2025-08-15T04:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1961404"},"modified":"2025-08-15T04:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:05:09","slug":"fans-celebrate-anniversary-of-iconic-movie-released-22-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fans-celebrate-anniversary-of-iconic-movie-released-22-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Celebrate Anniversary of Iconic Movie Released 22 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/culture\/fans-celebrate-anniversary-of-iconic-movie-released-22-years-ago\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fans Celebrate Anniversary of Iconic Movie Released 22 Years Ago;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fans Celebrate Anniversary of Iconic Movie Released 22 Years Ago<\/a> originally appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s been 22 years since the American comedy-drama film <em>Uptown Girls<\/em> first hit theaters, and fans are feeling nostalgic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Starring the late Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Heather Locklear, Marley Shelton, Donald Faison and Jesse Spencer, <em>Uptown Girls <\/em>follows Molly Gunn (Murphy), who lands a job as a nanny after she realizes her late dad&#8217;s manager stole all her money. Ray (Fanning), the little girl Molly is babysitting, has a serious and uptight attitude that is the very opposite of Molly&#8217;s carefree one. With help from her love interest, Neal (Spencer), Molly tries to bond with Ray and learn how to be an adult.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The anniversary of the film sparked a wave of heartfelt posts, opinions and comments from fans, expressing how much this film means to them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Top tier comforting movie!&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MyraTheRiot\/status\/1956127179638489283\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:someone said.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">someone said.<\/a> &#8220;real cinema,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/echolaliass\/status\/1956123292731105476\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:another wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">another wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;watching this movie as a young girl and as an adult woman were such different experiences,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_shadymademee\/status\/1956138774435652051\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:one user commented;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">one user commented<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ttslckr\/status\/1956124538347127185\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Another pointed out;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Another pointed out<\/a>, &#8220;the fact that so soon dakota will officially be older than brittany ever was.&#8221; Murphy passed away in December 2009 due to pneumonia, made worse by anemia and addiction to several prescription medications. She was only 32 years old. Meanwhile, Fanning is still acting and is currently 31 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve only had it with me for less than a year but it&#8217;s kind of life changing,&#8221; a viewer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_JerBearz_\/status\/1956127889797095752\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:quote-tweeted;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">quote-tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/onlytemptress\/status\/1956123445579960341\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Another quote-tweeted;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Another quote-tweeted<\/a>, &#8220;you don\u2019t understand how much this movie means to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;the soundtrack went platinum in my house!&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/pjmskz\/status\/1956123586193973514\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:another fan wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">another fan wrote<\/a>. &#8220;brittany we miss you <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans can watch <em>Uptown Girls <\/em>on Pluto TV, Tubi, Roku, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu with a premium subscription.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/lindsay-lohan-drops-nostalgic-photo-040113363.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Lindsay Lohan Drops Nostalgic Photo with Elaine Hendrix After \u2018Freakier Friday\u2019 Release;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Related: Lindsay Lohan Drops Nostalgic Photo with Elaine Hendrix After \u2018Freakier Friday\u2019 Release<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/culture\/fans-celebrate-anniversary-of-iconic-movie-released-22-years-ago\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fans Celebrate Anniversary of Iconic Movie Released 22 Years Ago;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fans Celebrate Anniversary of Iconic Movie Released 22 Years Ago<\/a> first appeared on Parade on Aug 15, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>This story was originally reported by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/culture\/fans-celebrate-anniversary-of-iconic-movie-released-22-years-ago\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a> on Aug 15, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans Celebrate Anniversary of Iconic Movie Released 22 Years Ago originally appeared on Parade. It\u2019s been 22 years since the American comedy-drama film Uptown Girls first hit theaters, and fans are feeling nostalgic. Starring the late Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Heather Locklear, Marley Shelton, Donald Faison and Jesse Spencer, Uptown Girls follows Molly Gunn (Murphy), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1961405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[345497,313667,339951,345501,345498,345502,345499,345500],"class_list":["post-1961404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-brittany-murphy","tag-dakota-fanning","tag-donald-faison","tag-heather-locklear","tag-jesse-spencer","tag-marley-shelton","tag-molly-gunn","tag-uptown-girls"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fans-Celebrate-Anniversary-of-Iconic-Movie-Released-22-Years-Ago.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1961405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}