Wild Child [DVD]

Good

Great film granddaughter has watched it 3 times

A very watchable light film

Georgia King is brilliant in Wild Child as the authoritarian, snobbish and arguably unstable Head Girl Harriet Bentley. King gives great physical presence (At F509 she towers over the petite Emma Roberts) to the role of the previously unchallenged but deeply insecure "Boss" of Abbey Mount and steals every scene she appears in.There is a deleted scene where Harriet arrives at the start of term, her car pulls up and Harriet steps out immaculate, full of self confidence and self regard, her two deputy prefects Jane and Charlotte have lined up the First Year pupils for her inspection and when greeting Harriet you sense that the two girls secretly loath her. This scene would fitted in nicely with the final scene of a shattered, disgraced Harriet leaving Abbey Mount. It would have also explained why Jane and Charlotte would turn on her during Poppy's Honour Court trial.The Honour Court section of Wild Child was clearly influenced by Spartacus. this is where Georgia King's performance comes into its own as Harriet, shocked at how the pupils (and her maid) turn against her, exposes herself and fly's into an furious rage at Poppy who she feels has ruined everything at Abbey Mount. I felt pity for Harriet.Wild Child was Georgia King's first film role and it appears to have set her upon the path to being a major star.

All good

I've always avoided this as a bloke as the preview pictures make it look rubbish. However gave it a punt for no real reason and it wasn't bad. The young cast actually gave a much better and realistic performance than a lot of these strange "English boarding school" tripe films. As Amazon sadly only give you the choice of 1-5 stars I can't give it 4 but it's a solid 3.5. Stereotypes, however daft are a bugbear for me, although this doesn't play too heavily on them. Juno Temple was really on form and typecast as the trippy (Dippy) support. Made me smile but some of the stuff grated a bit. Would recommend to younger female viewers though.

Good movie one of my favs would recommend

A good light comedy to watch when you just want something easy a light.