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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by BaftaBaby[/i] [br][url="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731075/"]Wild Child[/url] Now that yesterday's bright young screen things are forging their own Hollywood dynasties, it's helpful to detail the pedigree of the young 'uns, without sounding too much like a stud catalogue. Eponymous heroine of Wild Child, Emma Roberts, daughter of Eric and niece of Julia - continues to dominate the screen as she did in Nancy Drew. The films could be a whole lot better, but she's a lot more than fine. Wholesome, yes, but really an engaging presence who's quite capable of the transition from Valley Girl to self-aware young woman this script asks of her. Another dynasty-rep here is screenwriter Lucy Dahl, daughter of Roald and Patricia Neal, though this is her first screenplay. It shows in its old-fashioned narrative and formulaic construction, but is full of enough verve and some funny lines to lift it occasionally from the totally mediocre. Experienced editor turned director Nick Moore keeps the thing moving, but I couldn't help wondering how many scenes wound up on the cutting room floor. I say this because quite late on in the film I spotted one of the UK's most talented comic actresses Selina Cadell, who popped up in various crowd scenes. She's credited as Mrs Loughton, but unless I was suffering an inadvertant coma as I watched, she doesn't feature anywhere in the plot. I'm guessing she was one of the teachers at a posh public school [which for you uninformed Yanks actually means a private school] - not a finishing school, but a boarding school for girls. Like high school with dorms and set in a magnificent country estate. The headmistress of this one is Natasha Richardson who welcomes Poppy Moore [Roberts] sent to her by her newly re-married LA Dad, totally fed up with Poppy's teenage idiocy. We only get one glimpse of the new Mrs Moore, so don't know whether Poppy's malice toward her is justified in any way, and it's not till deep into the film that we discover how disturbed Poppy's been about her mother's death. Along the girl's journey are a couple of sub-plots including a meet-cute but innocent liaison with Headmistress Richardson's son [Alex Pettyfer, progressing nicely from his Alex Ryder days], a sketchy turnaround for the school lacrosse team, and Polly and her mini-gang's revenge on Harriet, the school prefect and tyrant. It's the underlying story that's wonky - same old same old. None of it bears deeper a sub-cutaneous look, but quite enjoyable while it lasts. [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature.