What a Girl Wants Movie Review 2003

Another movie intended for the tweenie girl set ala "The Princess Diaries." Spunky Daphne Reynolds (Bynes) lives in Manhattan with her single bohemian mom Libby (Preston). Daphne has never met her Dad, a once-adventurous English lord, Sir Henry Dashwood (Firth), who has gone all staid and stuffy. So Daph takes off for London to introduce herself. Henry's got a political career to think about so the arrival of this brash American teen is a less than happy occasion, especially to Henry's fiancee, manipulative Glynnis (Chacellor) and her snobby daughter Clarissa (Cole). But you just know that Daphne will get everything she wants (including this really cute English boy). Adapted from a play and previously filmed as 1958's "The Reluctant Debutante" with Sandra Dee.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 104 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

London, Teen Angst, Dads, Single Parents, Adapted from a Play, Family Reunions

Screenplay

Elizabeth Chandler, Jenny Bicks

Cast

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

Cinematography

Andrew Dunn

Director

Dennie Gordon

Music

Rupert Gregson-Williams

Other

Colin Charles, Brian Simmons, Debra Baum, Charles "Chuck" McClelland, Karen Wakefield, Shay Cunliffe, Michael Carlin

Producer

Denise Di Novi, Hunt Lowry, Bill Gerber, Gaylord Films, Warner Bros.