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What a Girl Wants (2003)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C
Source Brief Review Grade*
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Christy Lemire
"The shoe doesn't fit for this charm-free Cinderella tale." more... C  
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"The movie is clearly intended for girls between the ages of 9 and 15, and for the more civilized of their brothers, and isn't of much use to anyone else." more... C  
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
"It's all transparent, absurd posturing that makes everyone look culturally ignorant, if not a bit daft." more... D+
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk
"Despite its superficial ways, the movie does have charm." more... B-
E! Online "...manages to be genuinely, sweetly moving." more... B  
filmcritic.com
Amit Asaravala
"...a standard fairy tale..." more... C-
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
"...keeps hopscotching between goofy slapstick and forced poignancy." more... D+
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
"...could just be the kind of fantasy more than one will want to see." more... B-
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
"...harmless, fish-out-of-water fluff..." more... C  
New York Times
Dave Kehr
"It's no longer the children who must learn to grow up, but the adults...who are required to grow down." more... C-
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"This is a throwaway TV movie packaged for a theatrical release." more... C  
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
"...a dreadful teen comedy..." more... D+
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
"...mostly forced and predictable..." more... C+
USA Today
Claudia Puig
"The story line and gags are predictable..." more... C+
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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