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Wild Child

Country: UK | USA, Language: English, 98 mins

  • Director: Nick Moore
  • Writer: Lucy Dahl
  • Producer: Tim Bevan; Eric Fellner

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Roald Dahl's daughter, Lucy, carries on the family tradition - writing for children.

Julia Roberts' niece performs quite unlike her aunt.

And...Moore presents his debut feature.

St. Trinian's it is most definitely not - but, the comparisons are obvious.

Predictable, shallow with a tremendously weak script and cheap humourless humour - perfect for its intended audience: vacuous teenage girls.

And...it has a gay hairdresser - predictable, shallow...de rigueur!

The overall sadness about this film is that is was Natasha Richardson's last - RIP Natasha.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Since Malibu brat Poppy Moore's mom passed away, she has pushed her rich, usually absent dad Gerry shamelessly. When his patience wears out, she's shipped off to her mother's former English boarding school for girls, Abbey Mount. On her first day she makes enemies of most dorm mates, especially dominant lacrosse school captain Harriet, and the school's principal Mrs. Kingsley. Unwilling to accept the strict regime, she decides to misbehave and take the blame for everyone until she's dismissed. The school only appealing feature for her is Kingsley's dashing son Freddie. When the dream prince transfers his favor from ambitious, uptight Harriet to unruly Poppy, that changes everything.

Cast & Characters

Emma Roberts as Poppy;
Lexi Ainsworth as Molly;
Shelby Young as Ruby;
Johnny Pacar as Roddy;
Aidan Quinn as Gerry;
Natasha Richardson as Mrs. Kingsley;
Georgia King as Harriet;
Eleanor Turner-Moss as Charlotte;
Ruby Thomas as Jane;
Kimberley Nixon as Kate;
Linzey Cocker as Josie;
Juno Temple as Drippy;
Sophie Wu as Camilla 'Kiki';
Shirley Henderson as Matron;
Tommy Kijas as Jake