Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 04/04/2003(USA)
Release Date: 08/05/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 105 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children, Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Loosely based on the 1958
comedy The Reluctant Debutante starring
Sandra Dee, the
family-friendly
comedy What a Girl Wants features popular
Nickelodeon teen star
Amanda Bynes in her first feature-starring performance after her debut in
Big Fat Liar. She plays teenager
Daphne Reynolds, who lives in New York City with her musician mother,
Libby (
Kelly Preston). After she turns 17,
Daphne is undecided about her future, so she takes off by herself to London in search of her father. She immediately meets cute musician
Ian (
Oliver James) before sneaking in to her father's estate to surprise him. He turns out to be
Lord Henry Dashwood (
Colin Firth), a fabulously wealthy aristocrat who doesn't even know that she exists. He had met her mother in Morocco and the two were married in a tribal ceremony. Upon their return to England, she left him and went back to the U.S. without ever revealing that she was pregnant. The uptight
Henry is already flustered by his campaign for election, advised by doting aide
Alistair Payne (
Jonathan Pryce). His no-nonsense fiancée,
Glynnis (
Anna Chancellor), and her bratty daughter,
Clarissa (
Christina Cole), are threatened by
Daphne's presence, thinking that she will hurt
Henry's political aspirations by causing a scandal. However, the family matriarch (
Eileen Atkins) takes a liking to her and she soon finds herself trying to liven things up at several stuffy aristocratic parties. Meanwhile, the evil
Glynnis and
Clarissa conspire against her by trying to sabotage her appearance, leading up to the conclusion at
Daphne's very own coming-out party.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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