What a Girl Wants

What a Girl Wants

  • Director: Dennie Gordon
  • Writer: William Douglas-Home,Jenny Bicks,Elizabeth Chandle
  • Countries of origin: United States, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 4, 2003
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: American Girl
  • "What a Girl Wants" is a family adventure film directed by Danny Gordon and starring Chicky , Colin Firth , Kelly Preston , Oliver James and others. The film was released in the United States on March 27, 2003.
    The film is based on the 1958 comedy " The Reluctant Debutante " (The Reluctant Debutante) . It tells the story of a 19-year-old typical American girl who went to London to find her aristocratic father, but made a series of jokes   .

    Details

    • Release date April 4, 2003
    • Filming locations Lancaster House, Pall Mall, St James's, Westminster, Greater London, England, UK
    • Production companies Warner Bros., Gaylord Films, DiNovi Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $25,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $36,105,433

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $11,434,964

    Gross worldwide

    $50,732,139

    Movie reviews

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    • By Oma 2022-03-24 09:02:20

      a fairy tale

      Full of Americano flavor. So why does no one feel like father and daughter are like couples? ? ? The part that likes to ride a motorcycle is so handsome (but it seems that papa stole the boyfriend's scene, hello!). Buttered bread for breakfast with a face twisted in leather pants and an explosive synchronicity rate is also cute.
      The heroine's smile is so sweet, and it's actually pretty after watching it for a long time! The heroine's mother sings like a disc, and the male lead basically...

    • By Onie 2022-03-22 09:02:05

      typical american

      A look at the information is really true, the film obviously praises the Americans, satirizes the old-fashioned hypocrisy of the British, and designs a few ridiculous British images. It's very similar to The Princess Diaries, although it's a fictional country.
          The story is very old-fashioned. As the representative of American girls, the heroine must be jumping around everywhere, and she is charming and can change the people around her: for example, she can change the taste of the peach...

    • By Donato 2022-03-21 09:02:18

      father and daughter

      I watched a lot of similar youth school dramas. The only time I saw this I actually cried. Maybe no one understands why, but when Daphne saw her father and another girl dancing the father-daughter dance, she was so sad, but she didn't say anything. Maybe only after so many years of living with my father will I find out where my father is in my heart. And what Daphne has been pursuing for many years is just a dance with her father, which she deeply desires. When her hope failed, she didn't say...

    • By Leonard 2022-03-21 09:02:18

      pure fairy-tale ending

      I guess the ending of the story was a bit too "happily ever after", however it was touching. What makes the movie fasinating is that it's not like most teen movies that takes romance for the main theme, it also mixed family relationship in it. What girls want, it's not only their 'boyfriends love',but also the care of family. Daphnie's passion in life effects the other people around her and even though in real life , there may not be endings as beautiful as this one, it shows that all trouble...

    • By Theresa 2022-03-21 09:02:18

      Because You Loved Me

      After fifteen years of hope and disappointment, a girl living in the United States travels alone to England in search of her father. Lose yourself in a completely different environment and find yourself again.
      The story itself is ordinary. There are a few interesting points.
      Watch it because of Colin Firth, the charismatic Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. But I have to admit that the years are not forgiving, and Colin Firth is getting old.
      Besides Mr. Darcy, my favorite is the...

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    • By Zackery 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      I've always wondered why Colin Firth played such a brainless film. The teacher gave it to the class. Does the teacher think that our level is only worthy of watching this kind of campus film? It really underestimates the level of...

    • By Cristian 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      Falling in love with ColinFirth from here I love movie music and still feel warm when I relive...

    • By Ulices 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      OMG, another mentally retarded film I've ever...

    • By Heath 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      How many years has Amanda focused on youth high school girl movies... As soon as I saw her, I could smell the sour smell of love. Am I really watching a father-daughter drama? As soon as I get to London, I have to play London calling, then I have to rain, I have to crash the British and American culture, hehe, obviously Colin is still playing a gentleman in a suit, always... and then a blondehead is needed to play the spoiled...

    • By Evert 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      Like The Princess Diaries...~ Although I know that this kind of plot is too dreamy and idealistic, it's always fun to watch it when I'm disappointed. Although Colin finally gave up his political career, he still got what he wanted most, so he's still happy Let's end~Popcorn...

    Movie plot

    At first glance, Daphne ( played by Chicky ) is no different from most American girls of the same age: enthusiastic, cheerful, full of vigor, mother Libby ( played by Kelly Preston ) is open-minded, both a loving mother and her best friend. But in this perfect picture, only the most important piece is missing: Daphne's father. This British man, whom Daphne had only heard of from his mother, had a brief romance with Libby 17 years ago,...
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    Evaluation action

    One of the fundamental intentions of "What a Girl Wants" is the realization of dreams and the search for truth, goodness and beauty in growth. In Daphne's case, it is expressed as a hope to obtain a recognition of her own value by searching for her father. Of course, the warm and touching father-daughter family relationship is undoubtedly the emotional clue that strung up this process. Due to the purpose of entertaining the public, the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Clarissa: That girl is totally barbaric!

    • Glynnis Payne: Now Daphne, we don't want to make a scene now, do we?

      Libby Reynolds: Take your hand off my daughter or you won't get a scene, you'll get a Broadway Musical!

    • [talking about Daphne]

      Armistead's friend: I'd let her dump tea in my harbor anytime.