What a Girl Wants

Name: What a Girl Wants
Released: 2003-4-4
Cast: Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor

What a Girl Wants

PG
1h 44m
2003

36%

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Amanda Bynes ("What I Like About You") stars as Daphne Reynolds, a spirited 17-year-old New Yorker who travels to London to find her long-lost father. In contrast to her bohemian mother, Daphne discovers her father, Lord Henry Dashwood (Colin Firth--Bridget Jones' Diary), to be a very proper politician and English gentleman. Undaunted, Daphne dives into a schedule of stuffy social events, determined to prove that love--and proper etiquette--can conquer all. But as hard as she tries to reunite her parents and make a bid for "Debutante of the Year," Daphne cannot conceal her irrepressible personality or hide What a Girl Wants. Inspired by Vincente Minnelli's 1958 film The Reluctant Debutante.

Director:

Dennie Gordon

Producer:

Denise Di Novi, Bill Gerber, Hunt Lowry, E.K. Gaylord II, Alison Greenspan, Casey La Scala

Writer:

Jenny Bicks, Elizabeth Chandler

Cast:

Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor, Jonathan Pryce, Christina Cole, Sylvia Syms

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

36%

Critics Consensus: Little girls will definitely enjoy it, but it's too syrupy and predictable for adults.

Reviews

Solzy at the Movies

Danielle Solzman

What a Girl Wants may be predictable but this comedy will never not be enjoyable.

a gawp-fest for those interested in slumming acting talent and off-kilter observations about Britishness...

Dennie Gordon does an admirable of directing this little romp across the pond keeping things light and even-tempered... Predictable? Yes. Sentimental? Yes. Charming? Yes. Enjoyable? Without a doubt.

What a Girl Wants plays like a TV cartoon, not even a sitcom, and makes little sense on its own terms.

Too much of it plays like a first draft of The Princess Diaries (a much better film).

January 3, 2018

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