WILD? More like mild, unless you think short skirts and “horse face” put-downs are outrageous.
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08/15/08
Wild Child (2009)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:9
Rotten:14
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: More mild than wild. This tween comedy mess falls flat on its face due to poor characters, poor direction and poor jokes.
Theatrical Release:Nov 30, 2007 Wide
Synopsis: Nicholas Moore directs this tweeny bopper fish-out-of-water comedy starring Emma Roberts. Poppy (Roberts) is a spoiled Malibu brat, and the film opens with her wreaking havoc on her stepmother's... [More]
Starring: Emma Roberts, Natasha Richardson, Shirley Henderson, Aidan Quinn
Director: Nick Moore
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Reviews for Wild Child
It's an unoriginal story but one with potential, and the actors who play Poppy's school chums are lively company.
09/19/08
What begins as tedious teen comedy/drama about a Californian brat turns out to be a surprisingly agreeable popcorn flick.
09/19/08
Clumsy direction means most jokes fall flatter than the paper-thin plot.
08/15/08
On balance, gouging one's eyeballs with a chopstick would be more fun than watching this crummy tween comedy about a Californian princess.
08/15/08
A slight but tart teen comedy, Child carries some surprising bite, subverting the norm with a fine British cast helping to sell the pixy stick fantasy, buttressed by Roberts's refreshing angry streak.
12/07/09
This celebration of mid-Atlantic compromise is one for the youngest and most forgiving of teenage girls.
08/15/08
A tweenie comedy with an uplifting American-style sports movie awkwardly bolted on, it's a mess - far inferior to the recent Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.
08/15/08
Mildly entertaining and utterly innocuous...
11/23/09
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.
08/15/08
Unless you’re fourteen and female, look away now. There’s absolutely nothing for you here.
08/15/08
A project broad-based enough to make tween competitor Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging feel arthouse.
10/18/08
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04/23/09
The screenplay by Lucy Dahl (daughter of Roald) dwells unpleasantly on cruelty and humiliation, and finally Poppy does little more than exchange one form of snobbery for another.
09/19/08
The sort of film that real too-cool-for-school teens wouldn't be seen dead watching, Wild Child is aimed at those younger than its protagonists. Loud and obnoxious, like its lead character, it deserves to be expelled.
08/15/08
Competent if mechanical helming debut by editor Nick Moore.
10/18/08
The film has an energy and honesty about it: it's lively, funny and smart and the characters are appealing
09/13/08
The types are such extremes that the partisans in the audience will continue to hate American brats and English snobs respectively, rapprochement between two sets of caricatures seeming unlikely.
08/15/08
Shame on Iggy Pop for letting them (ab)use his anarchy-anthem ‘Real Wild Child’ in a girls’-own flick that is so paltry it makes the recent St Trinians addition look like Picnic At Hanging Rock.
08/15/08
Despite a shaky start, Wild Child is actually a surprisingly entertaining teen flick, thanks to likeable performances and a script that highlights the importance of friendship. Worth seeing.
08/15/08
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