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What a Girl Wants

2003 · 1h 45m · Family, Comedy, Drama, Romance

IMDb 5.8 Metacritic 41 RT 34%

If you're in the mood for a breezy, feel-good rom-com with heart and charm, **watch it tonight**—this is peak early-2000s comfort viewing with Oliver James's earnest British love interest and solid chemistry keeping things light and fun. Fair warning: it's formulaic and occasionally cheesy, but that's precisely why it works as a cozy, low-stakes evening that won't demand much from your brain.

Plot

American Daphne Reynolds heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her boho mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost father is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.

Director: Dennie Gordon

Cast: Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor

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