Even by the low standards of the genre it represents, this female teen comedy represents a new nadir. Directed by Martha Coolidge, falling a long way from the similarly themed "Valley Girl" and co-starring sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff in their first screen pairing, "Material Girls" is the sort of witless, cynical exercise that future generations will point to as example of our society's vapidity. Having opened Friday without press screenings, naturally, the film will reach a certain percentage of its target audience, though anyone older than 16 or with Y chromosomes won't bother.

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