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What A Girl Wants

2003, Movie, PG, 100 mins

What A Girl Wants: Review

A modern-day spin on the Sandra Dee-Rex Harrison film THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE (1958), this light-hearted fairy tale is aimed squarely at pre-teen girls, who are sure to succumb to its spunky charms. Seventeen-year-old Daphne (Amanda Bynes), raised by her single mother, Libby (Kelly Preston), in a 5th-floor walk-up in Manhattan's Chinatown, knows her father only from Libby's bittersweet tales of a romance derailed by class differences. Libby has tried to protect Daphne from th... read more leave a comment

What A Girl Wants: Cast & Details

Year: 2003
Rated PG

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Cast
Amanda Bynes: Daphne Reynolds
Colin Firth: Henry Dashwood
Kelly Preston: Libby Reynolds
Eileen Atkins: Jocelyn Dashwood
Anna Chancellor: Glynnis Payne
Jonathan Pryce: Alistair Payne

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What A Girl Wants: TV Guide News

Amanda Bynes: She's a Man, Baby! | Today's News: Our Take | 3/17/2006
In the new comedy She's the Man (in theaters now), Amanda Bynes plays Viola, a soccer star forced to get her kicks by masquerading as her twin brother, Sebastian. Along the way, of course, all manner of hunky guys and ironically attracted girls find themselves mesmerized by this gal in disguise. Was Bynes able to pull it off? Should Felicity Huffman be looking over her shoulder? And more to the point, is the perky What I Like About You star ready to kick some Natalie Portman butt this weekend? Here's what Bynes shared with TVGuide.com in a fun one-on-one. TVGuide.com: Seeing She's the Man almost — and my AP English teacher will be happy to hear this — made me want to actually read Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, on which it is loosely based. Or at least revisit the CliffsNotes read more

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