4.9 Score

2003 • 1h 45min • PG • Comedy, Drama, Romance, Family

What a Girl Wants

"Trying to fit in. Born to stand out."

An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.

IMDb 5.8

RT 36%

MC 41

Director

Dennie Gordon

Writers

William Douglas-Home

Jenny Bicks

Elizabeth Chandler

Composer

Rupert Gregson-Williams

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Amanda Bynes

Daphne Reynolds

Colin Firth

Henry Dashwood

Kelly Preston

Libby Reynolds

Eileen Atkins

Jocelyn Dashwood

Anna Chancellor

Glynnis Payne

Jonathan Pryce

Alistair Payne

Oliver James

Ian Wallace

Christina Cole

Clarissa Payne

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Amanda Bynes Daphne Reynolds

Colin Firth Henry Dashwood

Kelly Preston Libby Reynolds

Eileen Atkins Jocelyn Dashwood

Anna Chancellor Glynnis Payne

Jonathan Pryce Alistair Payne

Oliver James Ian Wallace

Christina Cole Clarissa Payne

James Greene Percy

Ben Scholfield Armistead Stuart

Sylvia Syms Princess Charlotte

Tara Summers Noelle

Peter Hugo Prince Charles

Jonah Russell Policeman

Stanley Townsend Bride's Father

Roger Ashton-Griffiths Lord Orwood

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