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Wild Child is strictly for schoolgirls
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Derek Malcolm
14 Aug 2008
This teen romp has Emma Roberts(niece of Julia) as Poppy, an out-of-control Malibu princess who is sent off to an exclusive private school in England where her now dead mother was put on the right path in life. She hates it at first, since iPods and mobile phones are not allowed and the uniform makes her look distinctly uncool. Added to that, the snooty head girl (Georgia King) takes an instant dislike to her.
However, Kate (Kimberley Nixon) extends an olive branch and soon Freddie (Alex Pettyfer), the handsome son of Natasha Richardson’s headmistress, takes a fancy to her. She begins to get into the swing of school life, survives the perfidy of the head girl, and a nasty fire which she is thought to have started, before encouraging the school to do better than ever before in the lacrosse competition.
Wild Child is the directing debut of Nick Moore, editor of Love Actually, About a Boy and Notting Hill. It may be manna for teen girls but any kind of critical eye will find it about as convincingly made as the last St Trinian’s movie. It is played, though, with lively abandon.
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Reader views (8)
soz im addicted to this film now yano wish life was just like that am only 14 an iv planned that amgoin to live in LA when am older if any1 knows how i could act or anythink tell me tah 
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- Faye Draper, liverpool/england, 07/12/2009 16:43
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OMG this film is so totally the best film ever how can anyone say that it is crap you lot are missing something special if you don't like it and Alex peetier is so amazingly gawjus i am jealous even though it is a film lool. Everbody should watch this film
- Becca Arnold, Leicester, 26/01/2009 15:11
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I loved it so much you are such a grat actrist love from sophie xxxxxxxxx
- Sophie, Iugland uckfiled, 11/12/2008 15:48
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I thought that this film was absolutly amazing. It reflects what it's like for young girls to try and fit in especially in a country almost half way across the world, she has no family and has to really change her attitude towards things to make friends.
Through attending boarding school she has to learn manners something which she isn't very custom to, this enables her to sustain a friendly and more positive attitude and personality.
- Siobhan, London, st albans england, 19/10/2008 22:30
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This film is omg so like totally awesome and emma roberts is such a good actress coz she's so cool!!!111
*choke*
I am a school-girl , and I absolutely hated it. Possibly one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Have any of the lead characters taken an acting lesson? Probably not.
I could predict pretty much everything that would happen from about ten minutes into the film. Was it meant to be a mystery at the end? Epic fail.
Talk about intellectually insulting! Afterward, I was in the bookshop reading a book on philosophy to try and grow my brain back.
Anyone who is beyond 13 years old and knows a bit about acting or movie-making.. save yourself before it's too late. Don't see it.
- Amber, Australia, 07/10/2008 01:47
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This film is excellent I give it five out of five.
I have to see it a third time.
- Lucy, sorrento austrailia, 04/10/2008 08:10
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i thought it was amazingly immense, every school girl should see it
- Sophie, leeds, 10/09/2008 10:20
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This film was wicked and I think that I might have to go see it again.
- Charlie, London, 10/09/2008 09:20
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