Directed by: Martha Coolidge
Written by: John Quaintance, Jessica O'Toole, Amy Rardin
Produced by: Hilary Duff, Susan Duff, David Faigenblum, Milton Kim, Eve LaDue, Mark Morgan, Guy Oseary, Tim Wesley
Other cast: Haylie Duff, Maria Conchita Alonso, Anjelica Huston
Release date: August 18, 2006
Genre: Comedy, Family
Running time: 98 minutes
Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family's cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.
Taglines
– It’s A Short Trip From The Penthouse To The Poorhouse.
– They lost a fortune but got a life.
Trivia
– This is the first film that both Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff are in together.
– Hilary improvised many lines and moments in the film, Coolidge noted on the DVD commentary. Among others, Hilary came up with the Lucy walk when the girls are dressed up as Sassy maids and added the reference to women having their own buses in Japan when the sisters are riding the public transit on the spot.
– Released to coincide with the launch of Hilary Duff’s perfume “With Love”.
Character’s Quotes
– You caught me. I guess that, like, makes you my hero.
– I don’t understand why we didn’t get any unemployment money… We’ve never even been employed. Doesn’t that mean we should get more unemployment?
– Friends don’t let friends take public transportation, espically the bus, Ava, I heard about the bus people pee on the seats! They pee!
