What a Girl Wants (2003)

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• Cassie H

  
  Daphne is an American teenager out to find her father, Lord Henry Dashwood. She's up to the challenge as she encounters snooty rich people & falls in love with a British boy. This is one of my favorite Amanda Bynes movies!!! :) I love it so much! (:

• Bethany M

  
  Oliver James and Amanda Bynes are a really good couple in this film and I really enjoyed it. It's a great chick flick and it's quite funny at times. It's a must see!

• Marc L

  
  I hate chick flicks. Anyone who has ever met me knows that. I also dislike Amanda Bynes. So it's no surprise that I turned out hating this movie. I'm not really sure why I saw it in the 1st place, maybe so I could get my Nostalgia Critic on and find something to bash. And… More
  I hate chick flicks. Anyone who has ever met me knows that. I also dislike Amanda Bynes. So it's no surprise that I turned out hating this movie. I'm not really sure why I saw it in the 1st place, maybe so I could get my Nostalgia Critic on and find something to bash. And boy did I find something to bash. The most glaring weakness of this monstrosity of a movie is it's predictability. We all know the prince is gonna fall in love with Bynes, we all now Bynes dad is going to choose her over his position in parliament and we all now, (Well at least those of us who haven;t been brainwashed by such abominations as High School Musical and Justin Bieber) that this movie is horrible,. Then lets start with the plot. Basically, this movie is a badly put together Princess Diaries. Just throw in a lot more racist British sterotypes, throw away the good acting and you've got Princess Diaries. This may possibly be one of the worst chick flicks ever made. It's right up there with any Vannesa Hudgins movie. If you watch it, be sure to bring a 9mm handgun to shoot yourself and the person next to you. Ick.

• Alice S

  
  This is yet another one of those cheapy DVDs I buy because I'm convinced that I'll like it... I don't get the plot. Does Daphne, at the beginning, really not know/guess/understand that her father's occupation may require her to be a little more decorous? Why… More
  This is yet another one of those cheapy DVDs I buy because I'm convinced that I'll like it... I don't get the plot. Does Daphne, at the beginning, really not know/guess/understand that her father's occupation may require her to be a little more decorous? Why doesn't her father broach this decorum issue earlier in the film, so the dramatic conflict can start? Why does her father never give a straight answer to the reporters? Also, did anybody else get a weird vibe from Colin Firth and Amanda Bynes' looks? They seem more like lovers than father and daughter.

• Richard C

  
  i hate this movie. F

• Dead A

  
  Nice movie.

• Thomas B

  
  a chick flick through and through. amanda bynes is good though.

• Leigh R

  
  It was cute enough to watch a second time.

• Rachel F

  
  Very cute. It has a good storyline and Oliver James is hot.

• danny d

  
  actually good, amanda bynes is great

• Sophie B

  
  ok

• Beth M

  
  It was your cute and adorable average chick flick with a great male lead in the form of Oliver James, who's chemistry with Amanda Bynes made this film better than it was. The cast wasn't all that bad and the acting was good. I think the storyline is something we've seen… More
  It was your cute and adorable average chick flick with a great male lead in the form of Oliver James, who's chemistry with Amanda Bynes made this film better than it was. The cast wasn't all that bad and the acting was good. I think the storyline is something we've seen before, but they made it more of their own and made it more original and even though it was somewhat predictable, it's a great "guilty pleasure" and it's great for younger children and tweens which is their intended audience.

• Deb S

  
  I thought this was a really cute movie. Although it's defiantly predictable, the cast of well known actors and actresses makes this a great feel good film. The story line follows a young American girl named Daphne Reynolds (played by Amanda Bynes) whose mother Libby (Kelly… More
  I thought this was a really cute movie. Although it's defiantly predictable, the cast of well known actors and actresses makes this a great feel good film. The story line follows a young American girl named Daphne Reynolds (played by Amanda Bynes) whose mother Libby (Kelly Preston) fell in love with an aristocratic young Englishman, Lord Henry Dashwood (Colin Firth) in her youth but who was separated from him by family and social pressures. Daphne has dreamed of being reunited with her father, and so she sets off for London in search of him. That's not difficult, as he is running for Parliament and campaigning everywhere. Daphne discovers that he is soon to be married to a snobby young Englishwoman (Anna Chancellor) with an equally ambitious and even more conceited daughter (Christina Cole). Neither of them can stomach Daphne's surprise arrival and will do everything they can to undermine Daphne's relationship with her new found dad. Apart from that this high-spirited young American is not well-suited to life among the prim and proper expectations of the British upper class and lots of mini-disasters occur as her father tries to introduce her to English society. On the whole, I did enjoy this film very much, because Amanda Bynes is adorable and the chemistry between she and 'Dad' Firth seems natural and unforced. I was especially delighted to see the usually staid Colin Firth with new moves - the dance-in-the-mirror scene, for one in which he dons a t-shirt and tight black leather pants while playing an air guitar. Then there is a cutie musician named Oliver James as Ian Wallace who sang the songs Long Time Coming and Greatest Story Ever Told, which were on the film's soundtrack.

• Angel G

  
  Charming, a little silly, good father-daughter bonding, not half bad, a party fun girl movie, and it was somehow emotional for me. It would be worst, but exceptional.

• Joseph E

  
  This is funny, but how funny? A little, and in little, to small, or no does of laughter, but it is sweet, romantic, and not to chick flicky, so some men may enjoy it, esspecially with someone special. Hey, it's alot better then the Princess Diaries(Great acting, but too chick… More
  This is funny, but how funny? A little, and in little, to small, or no does of laughter, but it is sweet, romantic, and not to chick flicky, so some men may enjoy it, esspecially with someone special. Hey, it's alot better then the Princess Diaries(Great acting, but too chick flicky).

• Yinalí R

  
  Ahh, cool.

• Chad R

  
  I can't believe I actually watched this. I am stuck in Australia with like 5 freaking channels that don't have boring ass Aussie rules football on it so the result is...chick flick. Not only chick flick but teenie chick flick. So what! I got sucked in, and guess what, I… More
  I can't believe I actually watched this. I am stuck in Australia with like 5 freaking channels that don't have boring ass Aussie rules football on it so the result is...chick flick. Not only chick flick but teenie chick flick. So what! I got sucked in, and guess what, I actually semi enjoyed it...of course is was reading sports articles on ESPN.COM at the same time so that may have changed my outlook somewhat. Anyway, it's your typical chick finds out dad is some high falutin English dude and goes over the pond to cause chaos and screw up English society in general... Hmmm maybe I'm just bored. Forget what I said about semi enjoying it. Wait... Tom cruise is now on, Jerry Macguire! -that lipnicki kid is cute... Crap another chick flick, at least this one has sports.

• Marion R

  
  Awkward relationship between Bynes and Firth.

• Sarah B

  
  Amanda Bynes is good enough to stand tall next to Duff and Lohan. I love the representation of England, the love interest and Colin Firth.

• Miriam K

  
  Not as bad as one would expect

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