Material Girls (PG) PRESENTED IN 35MM FILM

Material Girls (PG, 2006) 20th Anniversary Presented in 35mm Film by The Revival House Perth

We're celebrating Hilary Duff's first time performing in Perth at her upcoming Lucky Me Tour stop at RAC Arena this October, with a special screening of one of her most beloved films.

Sisters Ava (Hilary Duff) and Tanzie Marchetta (Haylie Duff) have grown up as heiresses to their family's massive cosmetics empire, enjoying lives of privilege, glamour, and celebrity status as the public faces of their company. When a scandal erupts over allegations that one of their products caused serious harm to consumers, the sisters' world collapses overnight—their fortune frozen, their reputation destroyed, and their carefully constructed lives of luxury suddenly stripped away. Forced to fend for themselves for the first time, Ava and Tanzie must navigate life without their wealth and privilege, uncovering the true nature of the scandal while discovering unexpected resilience, genuine friendship, and the values that actually matter beyond material comfort.

Director Martha Coolidge delivers a glossy, good-natured comedy that pairs real-life sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff as fictional siblings navigating a sudden reversal of fortune. The film balances broad comedic set pieces around the sisters' fish-out-of-water adjustment to ordinary life with a gentle message about integrity, family loyalty, and looking beyond superficial markers of success. Hilary and Haylie Duff's genuine off-screen sisterly chemistry lends authenticity to their on-screen relationship, grounding the film's more exaggerated comic moments in believable sibling dynamics. While unashamedly aimed at its target teen audience, the film's mystery plot involving corporate corruption and its underlying message about substance over style gives the story more shape than a purely superficial fish-out-of-water comedy might otherwise offer.

Original format and audio experience of this film faithfully reproduced by The Revival House. Presented in 35mm film unless noted otherwise.

When: Sunday, September 27th at 4:15PM
Where: The Revival House at the Como Theatre
Rating: PG (Mild sexual references, Mild coarse language)