Surely school should be more fun than this.

| May 14, 2018

A slight but tart teen comedy, Child carries some surprising bite, subverting the norm with a fine British cast helping to sell the pixy stick fantasy, buttressed by Roberts's refreshing angry streak.

| Original Score: B- | Dec 7, 2009

Mildly entertaining and utterly innocuous...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 23, 2009

Competent if mechanical helming debut by editor Nick Moore.

Full Review | Oct 18, 2008

A project broad-based enough to make tween competitor Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging feel arthouse.

Full Review | Oct 18, 2008

What begins as tedious teen comedy/drama about a Californian brat turns out to be a surprisingly agreeable popcorn flick.

| Sep 19, 2008

The screenplay by Lucy Dahl (daughter of Roald) dwells unpleasantly on cruelty and humiliation, and finally Poppy does little more than exchange one form of snobbery for another.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 19, 2008

It's an unoriginal story but one with potential, and the actors who play Poppy's school chums are lively company.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 19, 2008

The film has an energy and honesty about it: it's lively, funny and smart and the characters are appealing

| Sep 13, 2008

Bright and silly, with just enough wit and intelligence to make it watchable, this British-American teen comedy doesn't break much new ground, but is pretty entertaining while it lasts.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 15, 2008

Despite a shaky start, Wild Child is actually a surprisingly entertaining teen flick, thanks to likeable performances and a script that highlights the importance of friendship. Worth seeing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 15, 2008

It may be manna for teen girls but any kind of critical eye will find it about as convincingly made as the last St Trinian's movie. It is played, though, with lively abandon.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 15, 2008

Alex Pettyfer is even more wooden than he was in Stormbreaker - for heaven's sake, he's not even that good-looking. And the story's utter tosh.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 15, 2008

On balance, gouging one's eyeballs with a chopstick would be more fun than watching this crummy tween comedy about a Californian princess.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 15, 2008

The types are such extremes that the partisans in the audience will continue to hate American brats and English snobs respectively, rapprochement between two sets of caricatures seeming unlikely.

| Aug 15, 2008

WILD? More like mild, unless you think short skirts and "horse face" put-downs are outrageous.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 15, 2008

Shame on Iggy Pop for letting them (ab)use his anarchy-anthem 'Real Wild Child' in a girls'-own flick that is so paltry it makes the recent St Trinians addition look like Picnic At Hanging Rock.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 15, 2008

Unless you're fourteen and female, look away now. There's absolutely nothing for you here.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 15, 2008

A tweenie comedy with an uplifting American-style sports movie awkwardly bolted on, it's a mess - far inferior to the recent Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.

| Aug 15, 2008

All amiable enough, but still a bit tame compared to, say, Clueless, or Lindsay Lohan's Freaky Friday remake.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 15, 2008