It's now 2023 - years since Amanda Bynes, who starred in this movie, withdrew from acting due to personal issues. That is incredibly sad. While this is a typical teen movie, Bynes is charming and warm while maintaining enough spontaneity to be interesting. She is good at appearing like she's never heard the other actors' dialogue before - she reacts like it's new, and each bit of information makes her think. The plot - about a British politician (Colin Firth) who discovers he has 17-year-old daughter Daphne (Bynes) is solid and also plausible. The writers and director lean heavily on the kooky approach and satirising British eccentricity and snobbery, but it's OK. It's not meant to be an award winning drama. Firth and Bynes have good chemistry as father and daughter. Anyway, here's hoping Bynes can return to acting one day because she is very talented.
Review of What a Girl Wants
