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Release Date: Apr 04, 2003; Rated: PG; Lengths: 104 Minutes, 103 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Romance; With: Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth and Kelly Preston
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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW
Amanda Bynes has chipmunk cheeks, eyes as clear as a Kansas sky, and the ability to rock out in the punkette-gymnast manner of Avril Lavigne. In What a Girl Wants, she hops over to England to reunite with her long-lost, dashing aristocrat father (Colin Firth). Ensconced in Daddy's mansion, Bynes shocks the stuffing out of all those fuddy-duddy English people, even as she gets the privilege of absorbing their classy airs. The movie is a likable tween throwaway, though you do wish it didn't leave you with the unfortunate sight of Colin Firth donning leather pants to play air guitar to ''Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo.''
Posted Apr 18, 2003
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- Movie Review What a Girl Wants (Apr 04, 2003) | Owen Gleiberman
- Pop Culture Commentary | Mandi Bierly
- Movie News Why ads for Amanda Bynes' flick were edited (Apr 04, 2003) | Rebecca Ascher-Walsh
- In the News Peace sign is airbrushed from movie ads (Apr 04, 2003) | Gary Susman
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