Wild Child
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Short description
Poppy Moore is a wealthy sixteen-year-old from California whose behaviour has finally pushed her father too far. After a party at the family home gets out of hand, he sends her to a strict girls' boarding school in England. Poppy arrives determined to be expelled and return home, but the headmistress and her new classmates prove harder to shock than she expected. As her efforts to break the rules fail, she begins to settle into school life, forms friendships and grows close to a boy there.
Wild Child was released in 2008 and runs 98 minutes. It is a British, American and French co-production made by Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, StudioCanal and Working Title Films, with Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Diana Phillips producing from a screenplay by Lucy Dahl. Nick Moore directed; it is the first of two features he has directed, followed by This Time Next Year in 2024. Emma Roberts leads as Poppy, with Alex Pettyfer, Natasha Richardson, Kimberley Nixon, Juno Temple and Johnny Pacar among the cast. The film had a budget of 20 million USD and took about 22 million USD worldwide. On IMDb it holds 4.6/10 from 29 votes, while on TMDB it holds 6.7/10 from 1,944 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- Natasha Richardson's final role. She passed away on March 18, 2009.
- Actress Daisy Donovan, who also appears on screen, brought contemporary youth slang to the script. She later admitted that she went to the library for this purpose and secretly listened to conversations of teenagers preparing for prom.
- Lucy Dal's first screenplay.
- As with their on-screen characters, Emma Roberts and Alex Pettyfer began dating in real life.
- The song "Real Wild Child" is featured in the films "Wild Child" (2008) starring Emma Roberts and "Pretty Woman" (1990) starring Julia Roberts.
- In one episode, Poppy, played by Emma Roberts, asks, "Where are we, anyway? Hogwarts?" After which, Matron, played by Shirley Henderson, who also played Moaning Myrtle in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002) and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005), appears on screen.
- During the final break in the lacrosse championship match, students from "Abbey Mount" school perform a slightly modified dance – a Māori ritual dance, popularized by the New Zealand rugby team, the "All Blacks". The first New Zealand rugby team to play abroad in the late 19th century performed the haka before a match against the Australian team in an attempt to intimidate their opponents. The dance performed by the girls included some aggressive elements from the current "All Blacks" repertoire: a stance with slightly bent knees and arms crossed, clenched into fists; sticking out the tongue and shouting towards the opposing team; hitting oneself on the elbows, hips, and chest; and dropping to one knee, supporting oneself on a clenched fist with a menacing expression.
- Harriet copies Keira Knightley’s attire as Elizabeth Bennet from Joe Wright’s "Pride & Prejudice" (2005). The melody played by Mr. Nellist is called "Dawn". It was composed by Dario Marianelli, who wrote the score for "Pride & Prejudice". While Harriet contemplates what to wear in her bedroom, scenes from that film are shown on screen.
- The date between Poppy and Freddie, played by Emma Roberts and Alex Pettyfer, is accompanied by "Chasing Pavements", a 2008 hit by Adele.
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