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Wild Child (2008)

PG-13 | | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 15 August 2008 (UK)
A rebellious Malibu princess is shipped off to a strict English boarding school by her father.

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Storyline

Since Malibu brat Poppy Moore's mom passed away, she has pushed her rich, usually absent dad Gerry shamelessly. When his patience wears out, she's shipped off to her mother's former English boarding school for girls, Abbey Mount. On her first day she makes enemies of most dorm mates, especially dominant lacrosse school captain Harriet, and the school's principal Mrs. Kingsley. Unwilling to accept the strict regime, she decides to misbehave and take the blame for everyone until she's dismissed. The school only appealing feature for her is Kingsley's dashing son Freddie. When the dream prince transfers his favor from ambitious, uptight Harriet to unruly Poppy, that changes everything. Written by KGF Vissers

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New Girl. New School. New Rules.

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Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Rated PG-13 for some coarse and suggestive content, sex references and language - all involving teens | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

15 August 2008 (UK)  »

Also Known As:

Buntovnica u internatu  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,177,472 (United Kingdom), 17 August 2008, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$831, 5 December 2008, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$19,780, 5 December 2008
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

The skirt for the Abbey Mount school uniform is a Holyrood tartan kilt. See more »

Goofs

On the website of Abbey Mount school it says it admits boarders from the ages of 11-17. During the credits, the first thing that comes up is a workbook belonging to Poppy and you see that she is supposed to be in Lower Sixth. Since, if they have Lower Sixth they must have an Upper Sixth then Abbey Mount would admit girls from 11-18. See more »

Quotes

Kate: [after looking at all of the bottles of water in Poppy's trunk] Erm... Why?
Poppy: What? I might get thirsty!
Kate: You know, in England, we have this amazing thing - it's called a tap.
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Crazy Credits

The end credits begin with scrapbook cutouts of Poppy and her new life at Abbey Mount, later showing a clip of her and her new friends at Poppy's beach house in Malibu. See more »

Connections

References The Godfather (1972) See more »

Soundtracks

Forever And Ever
Written by Robert Costandinos and Stylianos Viavianos
Performed by Demis Roussos
Courtesy of Universal Music Division Mercury (France)
Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd
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Light Hearted FUN
14 June 2009 | by – See all my reviews

Come on folks, lighten up here.

Yes... This isn't a deep and meaningful piece of classic cinema... It is a fun "just sit back and have a good grin" film.

I'm afraid that people who get on their high horse about films like this must have gone to the wrong cinema! I am male, in my 40's, have a degree and run my own company... I watched this together with my two daughters (14 and 16) and we all had great fun and a few really good laughs. So no... you don't have to be a 12 year old girl to find something fun in this film!

It is predictable, cheesy and the plot is VERY shallow and weak in most places... But you can't expect more from a film like this.

So if you want to watch this, just turn off your high-brow film critic existence, grab some popcorn and a fizzy drink and have a smile...


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