What a Girl Wants (Widescreen Edition)

Starring:Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver James (III), Christina Cole, Sylvia Syms, Soleil McGhee, Peter Reeves, James Greene, Steven Osborne, Mike Toller, Tom Penn, Tom Goodfellow, James Bell, Mindy Lee Raskin, Stanley Townsend, Raffaello Degruttola
Director: Dennie Gordon
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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Fresh-faced Nickelodeon starlet Amanda Bynes stars in What a Girl Wants as Daphne, a 17-year-old girl in New York City who's spent her life pining for her absent father, a British lord named Henry Dashwood (Colin Firth) whom her mother (Kelly Preston) met during wilder days in Morocco. Tired of waiting for him to come to her, she decides to head to London where Dashwood is launching his political career--which could be derailed by her fun-loving, free-spirited attitude. Will her father choose the daughter he's never known or a position in Parliament? The plot of What a Girl Wants is ridiculously contrived, but the movie rides on the chemistry between Bynes and Firth. When, under Daphne's influence, Dashwood tries to break out of his stuffy shell and rediscover his inner rebel, the movie really starts to have fun. --Bret Fetzer

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Coming-of-Age Comedy. Daphne (Amanda Bynes), a spirited young American girl, travels to London in search of her long-lost father (Colin Firth), an influential aristocratic politician. As Daphne attempts to prove that love can conquer all, her impulsive behavior creates an uproar in high society, where her unique style threatens to undermine the relationship she has waited her whole life to experience.

Customer Reviews:

Great Movie!!.......2007-06-27

I saw this movie on a referral and was very apprehensive because I had never heard of it. I loved it!! It is one of my favorites now. It's about a teenage girl whose mom married an Englishman in Morocco, while on vacation, but because of his family and political issues, became separated. Her mother leaves him without telling him she is pregnant. So the girl has never met her dad. She goes to Europe to find him, knowing he is Lord Dashwood who is running for Prime Minister. His life is turned upside down by this young American girl. But, he pulls it all together in the end. What a great story!! Great acting. I loved the interviews in the specials section too!

amazingly funny.......2007-05-22

movie is brilliant. Colin firth and amanda bynes are very funny. Oliver james is amazing as an actor and singer. the film as well as the soundtrack are well worth having in any collection

Great Movie!.......2007-03-09

This is a good family movie. Great story about a girl and her dad.

I really enjoyed it :)

great fun to watch!.......2007-03-08

A great fun to watch movie and an inexpensive way to visit England and see the sights. Good storyline with good acting, lot of fun.

Wonderful Film.......2007-03-08

It is an oldy but a goody. All the characters are well acted, it has bits of all your very favourite romance movies. Colin Firth is terrific as the Dad. You will see bits of Princess Diaries, bits of Four Weddings and a Funeral and boys like it too! Great Sunday afternoon curl up movie.

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Great Movie!!
amazingly funny
Great Movie!
great fun to watch!
Wonderful Film

What a Girl Wants (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Amanda Bynes , Colin Firth , Kelly Preston , Eileen Atkins , and Anna Chancellor
Director: Dennie Gordon
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Customer Reviews:

Great Movie!!.......2007-06-27

amazingly funny.......2007-05-22

movie is brilliant. Colin firth and amanda bynes are very funny. Oliver james is amazing as an actor and singer. the film as well as the soundtrack are well worth having in any collection

Great Movie!.......2007-03-09

This is a good family movie. Great story about a girl and her dad.

I really enjoyed it :)

great fun to watch!.......2007-03-08

A great fun to watch movie and an inexpensive way to visit England and see the sights. Good storyline with good acting, lot of fun.

Wonderful Film.......2007-03-08

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Look out, world, here they come! Amanda Bynes (The Amanda Show) gives high society a makeover in the What a Girl Wants [Side A]. She plays all-American teen Daphne, who travels to London to visit the aristocratic father she never knew...and discovers her free-spirited flair and sense of equality clash with stuffy upper-class attitudes. And some teens will do anything to get out of the house, even the White House. Mandy Moore (A Walk to Remember) portrays the President's daughter (codename Liberty), who makes her own declaration of independence by ditching Secret Service agents assigned to her and heading off on a grand adventure through Prague, Venice and London. Catch the fun of Chasing Liberty [Side B].

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A Well Done Modern Fairy Tale

What a Girl Wants (Mini DVD)
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Release Date: 2005-04-26

Customer Reviews:

A Well Done Modern Fairy Tale.......2006-08-31

My daughter and my wife forced me to watch this movie. Truthfully, I actually did want to watch it because I thought it might be funny and it looked similar to "The Princess Diaries," which I also enjoyed. I was pleased that the movie turned out to be watchable and fun.

Daphne Reynolds is a young woman in New York who yearns to know her father. As she grows up, she becomes more and more distressed by the possibility that she will never have a chance to know her father. After watching a father-daughter dance at a wedding one day, she decides it is time to act. Off she goes to find him.

Daphne was the result of a romance between her free-spirited mother, Libby Reynolds (Kelly Preston), and Henry Dashwood (Colin Firth), who once was as free-spirited as Libby, but ultimately succumbed to the prim and proper expectations of the British upper class. Libby was left behind. Unbeknownst to Henry, he left Libby with a gift: Daphne. In case you were wondering, Libby and Henry were legally married in Morocco, though various characters attempt to obscure the legality of that marriage.

Daphne has entered the scene at a very critical point in Henry Dashwood's life. He has given up his hereditary position in the House of Lords to run for elected office. Most especially interested in his success are Alistair Payne (Jonathan Pryce), Glynnis Payne, his fiance, and Clarissa Payne. Naturally all three of these characters want what is best for them and not what is best for Henry. Dahne's free-wheeling ways do not sit well with any of these three characters and they impress upon Henry that to win the election he needs to bring Daphne back under control.

Daphne falls to the pressure of being the daughter of British royalty and becomes the beautiful, dutiful daughter, and adopts a type-B personality demeanor. We all know that Daphne's irrepressible energy and type-A personality will have to win out; remaining the meek, dutiful daughter is not her path.

As with a recent, similar movie, "The Princess Diaries," this movie has a fair amount of predictability, cliche and stereotype. However, as with the earlier movie, this movie too is a winner. The real success in this case is from Amanda Bynes and her interaction with Colin Firth. Colin sees in Amanda the person he truly is, and he sees that he similarly stifled his true character to fit into an expected mold. Amanda has virtually no interest in Colin's position or wealth. She is who she is; her real goal has always been to gain a father, not money or status.

We love Daphne because she is a bit eccentric, but she is all-American, and engagingly normal. We find by the end of the movie that being pretentious should not be a cover for whom or what we want to be. Sure, the plot is contrived, but who cares? It's way too much fun to worry about such trivialities. Enjoy!

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What a Girl Wants / How to Deal
Starring: Amanda Bynes , Colin Firth , Kelly Preston , Eileen Atkins , and Anna Chancellor
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