Wild Child follows Poppy Moore an angry young American girl who’s annoyed when her father moves his girlfriend into his house. Poppy decides to trash the girlfriends furniture which pushes her father too far and he sends her to boarding school in England. There Poppy does her best to try and get expelled whilst contending with the evil Head Girl for the Headmistress’s son’s affections.

Along the way she makes friends and learns who she really is as well as making a profound discovery about her deceased mother.

I didn’t like this film to be honest. It doesn’t have the heart or the bite that Mean Girls has, but its a cute film if you want to drool over Alex Pettyfer who provides the eye candy as Freddie, the Headmistress’s son.

I like Emma Roberts better in Nancy Drew to be honest, this role didn’t really suit her.

3 out of 5 stars.

Random fact: Actress Daisy Donovan, who also appeared in the film, contributed some additional dialogue to the screenplay, mainly consisting of contemporary phrases or sayings. She said one of the ways she did this was to go to the library and listen to teenagers talking to their friends whilst revising their A levels.

Wild Child [DVD] [2008]