Wild Child (2008)

6.1PG-1398 minDirector: Nick Moore

2008 film by Nick Moore

Wild Child is a 2008 teen comedy film directed by Nick Moore, written by Lucy Dahl, and starring Emma Roberts, Natasha Richardson, Shirley Henderson, Alex Pettyfer and Aidan Quinn, with Georgia King, Kimberley Nixon, Juno Temple, Linzey Cocker and Sophie Wu.

Poppy Moore is a wealthy and spoiled American girl who is sent to a boarding school in England by her widowed father, where she soon learns the true meaning of life and friendship.

This was Richardson's final film role to be released during her lifetime, as she died seven months after its release. Since its initial release, the film has gained a substantial cult following, being particularly popular in the UK where the film is set.

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Wild Child (2008) — Since Malibu brat Poppy Moore's mom passed away, she has pushed her rich, usually absent dad Gerry shamelessly. When his patience wears out, she's shipped off to her mother's former English boarding school for girls, Abbey Mount. On her first day she makes enemies of most dorm ma
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