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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: Nonsensical from the get-go, the girls' fish-out-of-water routine grows interminable. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: It's sort of reassuring that although Madge has seemingly given up starring in bad movies, her company is still financing terrible scripts. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Under the circumstances, Anjelica Huston and Lukas Haas manage not to embarrass themselves, but only because they're pretending to be in a different movie. Read more
Amelie Gillette, AV Club: [It] isn't some light send-up of materialism. It's a light endorsement of it. Read more
Michael Hardy, Boston Globe: It succeeds on its own terms. These days, even pre teens live in a material world. Read more
Stephen Williams, Newsday: Madonna's anthem was only good-naturedly arrogant, but the SoCal twins, like the film's script, are arrogant, ghastly immature and offensive to any audience that isn't all of the above. Read more
Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly: It's not Clueless, just clueless. Read more
Luke Y. Thompson, L.A. Weekly: You may find yourself longing for the intricate plotting and ensemble acting skills of the Olsen twins movies. Read more
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: The movie, which was not screened for critics, makes a joke of everyone who isn't wealthy, white and pencil thin. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: A superficial tween comedy that mocks celebutantes like the Olsen twins while simultaneously pushing stars Hilary and Haylie Duff as their replacements. Read more
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: An incompetent spin on the poor-little-rich-girl story, the film involves a lot of wardrobe changes and product placements, and a smidgen of intrigue and some chaste romance. Read more
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: The scariest part of Material Girls comes when you're sitting in the dark theater and start considering the possibility that young women might find these characters sympathetic. Read more
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: Paris and Nicky Hilton exhibit more character nuance. And they're vaguely more entertaining to watch. Read more