What a Girl Wants (film)
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| Directed by | Dennie Gordon |
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The Reluctant Debutante by William Douglas-Home |
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| Music by | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| Cinematography | Andrew Dunn |
| Edited by | Charles McClelland |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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105 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $50.7 million |
What a Girl Wants is a 2003 American teen comedy film directed by Dennie Gordon and written by Jenny Bicks and Elizabeth Chandler, based on the 1955 play The Reluctant Debutante by William Douglas-Home, the second adaptation for the screen of this work. It stars Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston and Oliver James. The film was released on April 4, 2003, received mixed reviews and grossed $50 million worldwide.
Daphne Reynolds (Amanda Bynes) lives a comfortable but unsatisfying life as a young American girl with a bright future. She has never met her father. She lives with her single mother, Libby (Kelly Preston) above a Chinese Restaurant in Chinatown, New York. Believing it is in his best interest, her mother left Daphne's father seventeen years ago because of his family's disapproval of their relationship; ultimately, his father's secretary threw her out of the house, without Libby having a chance to tell him that she was pregnant with their daughter.
Daphne flies to London to get to know her father, Lord Henry Dashwood (Colin Firth), who recently inherited an Earldom but has disclaimed his seat in the House of Lords to run for election to the House of Commons to eventually become Prime Minister. At a hotel, she meets Ian Wallace (Oliver James), a local boy. She notices her father on the television during a news broadcast, and tells Ian that the politician is her father.
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