What A Girl Wants (2003) 7/10

Starring : Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor
Director : Dennie Gordon
Running Time : 100 mins

American teenager Daphne Reynolds (Bynes) is shocked to discover that her real father is a British politican named Henry Dashwood (Firth). She decides to travel to Britain to meet him, but has to maintain secrecy as Dashwood is running for office and can’t have the scandal of an illegitimate daughter leaked to the press.

The basic premise is simple and enjoyable enough, but the British people's abject hate of Amanda Bynes seems a little over the top, as does her being blamed for a poorly erected chandelier plummeting to the ground. There are some okay set pieces, and Firth and Bynes play off each other well, but this definitely isn't either of them at their best.

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