the audience applauded

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

If you really enjoy films about a typical young American teenager being sent away to learn how to more or less learn how to behave, then this film is for you. The film itself had some good moments. I've never known girls of that age to really get up to what they were doing in the whole film. I think I preferred Emma Roberts in We're the Millers. The head girl character didn't stand out for me at all. I guess you could say that it was very over acted and didn't seem realistic at all. Now if you would like to see a convincing head girl/boy then I suggest you look at Percy Weasley in Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. His version of that sort of character is much more realistic than the actress that played this character. Suitable for girls that love rebelling against their elders.

There is nothing particularly special about the story, very generic and predictable. A lot of dialogue was so utterly cringe worthy particularly from the protagonists 'British' friends, their performance was cardboard at lot of the time,I'm not sure what accent they are meant to have, I've never heard anyone anywhere in Britain sound anything like that, not even those from An upper class background, also the terminology they used is very peculiar, For example they used horridious when Horrendous would have fitted better, and not sure what hurrious is meant to mean as it does not appear to be a real word or slang. Despite these faults I presume Teenage girls probably not from Britain may enjoy this film As they may not recognize the faults.

I saw Wild Child recently and I felt Georgia King as head girl Harriet Bentley stole the film. This was King's first feature film and I think she has quickly developed into a very talented actress. The film's treatment of Harriet made me feel sympathy for her; She was clearly insecure though highly ambitious, competitive and a bully yet the "Honor Court" scene with her imploding; ranting hate and jealously at Poppy resulting in her humiliation and expulsion was for me this otherwise mediocre films most powerful moment. The end scene of Harriet being turned on by her formerly loyal friends added to this feeling of unease; Was Harriet really such a vile monster or like Poppy a teenage girl with her own issues and problems? It can be argued that Harriet was an unpleasant person but was Poppy really so different? I don't think putting Harriet's face and contact number onto a phone sex line was remotely amusing yet Poppy is seen as "nice" as opposed to the "bad" Harriet. Wild Child for me would have been a much better, more uplifting film if Harriet had "earned" Poppy's respect through apology and redemption.

Emma Roberts is Poppy Moore and she has a problem with getting out of hand. So, it's her last straw and her father Gerry (Aidan Quinn) to a boarding school in England called Abbey Mount which was started in 1797. Poppy is greeted by Mrs. Kingsley (Natasha Richardson), who is the Head Mistress tells Poppy that she will try to make her experience less difficult than it should be. Matron (Shirley Henderson) plays sort of a nanny type character who keeps the girls in line and takes away their cell phones on the first day. People at the school don't follow Poppy's lingo which makes it rather funny to watch. Being bullied by the head girl Harriet (Georgia King) is always fighting with Poppy because she does not like her.Her friends in her room which includes a girl called Drippy (Juno Temple) who you might remember from Year One, help her to try and get expelled because she doesn't fit in. When Poppy finally figures out its not such a bad place because she has some good friends, a guy named Freddie (Alex Pettyfer) who likes her, and that her mother went to the same school she does not want to leave anymore.This movie is mostly a chick flick, but I've had my fair share of watching movies like this when it's hard to believe. Roberts character is done so well by her and she is funny and quick witted. I remember last seeing her in Nancy Drew, even then I knew she was going to be in more movies to come and grow with her career in acting. I'm sorry to say, but this was Natasha Richardson's last movie as it is sad to see her go. Married to Liam Neeson, in March 2009, she died suddenly, after falling and receiving a head injury whilst skiing in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. She will always be remembered and never forgotten. All in all, this movie was funny and you should get together with some girlfriends and check it out.