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Wild Child

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Wild Child

PG-13

2008

1h 38m

Comedy

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Sixteen-year-old Poppy (Emma Roberts) has everything her unlimited credit cards can buy, and a spoiled attitude to match. After a final thoughtless prank, her exasperated father (Aidan Quinn) ships her off to boarding school in England. There, Poppy meets her match in a stern headmistress (Natasha Richardson) and a class full of girls who will not tolerate her selfishness.

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Critics Consensus

More mild than wild. This tween comedy mess falls flat on its face due to poor characters, poor direction and poor jokes.

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Leslie Felperin

Variety

Competent if mechanical helming debut by editor Nick Moore.

Oct 18, 2008

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Fionnuala Halligan

Screen International

A project broad-based enough to make tween competitor Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging feel arthouse.

Oct 18, 2008

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

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.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 19, 2008

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Kaleem Aftab

The National (UAE)

Surely school should be more fun than this.

May 14, 2018

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Brian Orndorf

DVDTalk.com

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.

Rated: B-

Dec 7, 2009

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Mildly entertaining and utterly innocuous...

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 23, 2009

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jolin t

emma roberts is gold in this. and everything, really.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/02/25

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Fanny Flutters February #3: Emma Roberts eating a chip butty is my religion of choice The atrocious 00's fashion, absolute banger after banger soundtrack, charity shop clothing dress up montage, everyone taking the fall for the protagonist ala "I'm Spartacus". Throw in some absolute divas and a cutie patootie in a young Alex Pettyfer and you get one of the best movies of 2008. Not to mention the insane levels of foreshadowing in this movie. The lighter, the ice cream, the computer log in, the fire drill. Like woah, is Wild Child a scriptwriting masterpiece? (No, it's not) Horny Rating: 1/10 (they are teenagers)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/25

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Andzel E

I love emma roberts movie especially this one

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/25

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Khaztiel D

Una historia simple como era costumbre en esos años aun así logro mantenerme en la trama y me fue gustado el poco desarrollo que llega a tenerla protagonista.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Hamza s

if you dont like this movie u can kiss my ass

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/11/25

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Alexis R

I love this movie, and I also love Emma Roberts. She's literally iconic

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/28/24

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Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Poppy (Emma Roberts) has everything her unlimited credit cards can buy, and a spoiled attitude to match. After a final thoughtless prank, her exasperated father (Aidan Quinn) ships her off to boarding school in England. There, Poppy meets her match in a stern headmistress (Natasha Richardson) and a class full of girls who will not tolerate her selfishness.

Director: Nick Moore
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Diana Phillips
Screenwriter: Lucy Dahl
Production Co: Working Title Films
Rating: PG-13 (Language|All Involving Teens|Sex References|Some Coarse and Suggestive Con)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $49.8K
Runtime: 1h 38m

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