| What A Girl Wants Review |
| by Marshall Garvey (Rating: 2.5/5) |
| "What A Girl Wants" (2003)
Review by Marshall Garvey
Rating (0 to 5): **1/2 Grade: C+
Starring Amanda Bynes (Daphne Reynolds), Colin Firth (Henry Dashwood), Kelly
Preston (Libby Reynolds), Anna Chancellor (Glynnis Payne), Christina Cole
(Clarissa...more |
| What A Girl Wants Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2/4) |
| Well, it's not Mel Gibson in a girdle (that's "What Women Want"). What
a girl wants is probably something closer to love and respect from her parents
(oh, and a boyfriend who's the lead singer in a rock band wouldn't hurt
either,
even if said rock...more |
| What A Girl Wants Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| 17-year old Daphne Reynolds (Amanda Bynes) wants just one thing - to dance with
the father she has never known, except through her mother's stories. Libby
Reynolds (Kelly Preston) fell madly in love with Henry Dashwood (Colin Firth),
the heir to an...more |
| What A Girl Wants Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 2.5/5) |
| Despite the extremely lame and chicken-hearted censoring of the
"controversial" poster (star Amanda Bynes apparently advertising her
Verizon service), What A Girl Wants takes the general magical notion
of the Princess Diaries and excises all the...more |
| What A Girl Wants Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| Daphne Reynolds (Amanda Bynes, "Big Fat Liar") has had a fine childhood growing
up in a
Chinatown walkup with her folk singing mom Libby (Kelly Preston, "View From the
Top"),
but when her fifteenth birthday passes, Daphne decides that her father,...more |
| What A Girl Wants Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3/4) |
| # stars based on 4 stars: 3
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
Warner Bros
Directed by: Dennie Gordon
Written by: William Douglas Home from his play "The Reluctant
Debutante
Cast: Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Anna
Chancellor, Tom Harper, Jonathan...more |
| What A Girl Wants Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| WHAT A GIRL WANTS has actors with more charisma than its lackluster script
deserves. BIG FAT LIAR's Amanda Bynes plays Daphne Reynolds, a spunky and
likeable 17-year-old. Director Dennie Gordon (JOE DIRT) has her falling
whenever possible, which is...more |
| What A Girl Wants Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "What A Girl Wants" (Warner Bros.)
If you're a teenage star like Amanda Bynes, what you want is a
deliciously delightful romantic comedy like this. While adults might not
recognize her name, Bynes is familiar to kids...more |
| What A Girl Wants Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| Michael Wohl's WANT is "Dilbert" meets STARTUP.COM combined with the support
groups from FIGHT CLUB. Set in 1999, the high point of the internet gold rush,
the film claims to take place in the Silicon Valley but is actually filmed in
San Francisco,...more |
