Wild Child

Wild Child

Introduction:

a.   Directed by Nick Moore

b.   Produced by

·         Tim Bevan

·         Eric Fellner

·         Diana Phillips

c.   Written by Lucy Dahl

d.   Starring :

·         StudioCanal

·         Relativity Media

·         Working Title Films

e.   Distributed by Universal Pictures

f.   Release dates : August 15, 2008

g.   Running time : 98 minutes

h.   Country :

·         United States

·         United Kingdom

·         France

i.    Language : English

Main Characters

a.    Emma Roberts as Poppy Moore is a wild child

b.   Alex Pettyfer as Freddie Kingsley is Mrs. Kingsley’s son. He is nice, handsome, and charming.

c.    Natasha Richardson as Mrs Kingsley is headmaster. She is dicipline, and kind.

d.   Aidan Quinn as Gerry Moore is Poppy’s father. He is kind, love him children espsecially Poppy, and give or do everything for him children.

e.    Juno Temple as Jennifer "Drippy" Logan is Poppy’s roommate. She is nice and care.

f.    Kimberley Nixon as Kate is Poppy’s roommate. She is nice and care.

g.    Johnny Pacar as Roddy is Poppy’s friend  in America. He is wild and bad.

h.   Georgia King as Harriet Bentley is Poppy’s enemy. She has bad attitude.

i.    Lexi Ainsworth as Molly Moore is Poppy’s younger sister. She is nice and care.

j.    Linzey Cocker as Josie is Poppy’s roommate. She is nice and care.

k.    Sophie Wu as Kiki is Poppy’s roommate. She is nice and care.

l.    Nick Frost as Mr. Christopher is a teacher. He is bad.

m.  Shelby Young as Ruby is Poppy’s friend in America. She is bad and wild.

Synopsis :

Poppy Moore is a seemingly spoiled teenager living in Malibu, California with her father Gerry. In a wild prank with all her friends, she ruins/gives away her father's girlfriend's belongings. Her father returns home and angrily informs her that she is going to an English boarding school to straighten her out.

Arriving at Abbey Mount, Poppy argues with head girl Harriet and does not get along with the girls in her room. She does not abide by the school rules and sneaks out after lights out. There is a fire drill before she can get back to the room and unknowingly meets the headmaster's son, Freddie. Later, Poppy and Harriet get into a fight and Freddie flirts with Poppy, making Harriet jealous.

Poppy eventually makes friends with roommate Kate and the other girls in the room, who agree to help put together a plan for Poppy to be expelled. After a series of pranks don't get recognition from the headmaster, Mrs. Kingsley the girls decide that the best way to get Poppy expelled is for her to snog Freddie, who is off limits to any of the girls at the school.

After attending a shopping trip - where Poppy changes her hair from blonde to its natural brown - and a school disco with the girls in her room, they accept Poppy into their group. The morning after the disco, with the girls hungover, Poppy discovers her talent at lacrosse and is made captain of the school team. She goes on a date with Freddie and realizes that he is more than just a scapegoat. However, her emails were hacked, then given to the girls and Freddie. She loses her friendships and relationship.

Feeling alone and upset, Poppy plays with her lighter after a phone-call back to Malibu. After hearing footsteps, she accidentally starts a fire, but quickly puts it out. When she returns to her room, she sees the building in flames, supposing the flames were not originally extinguished. She and Kate get everyone out of the school, but Jennifer "Drippy" Smith is missing. Poppy remembers Drippy's cravings for ice-cream and runs into the building - forgetting her own safety - and rescues Drippy from the freezer.

Freddie finds Poppy's lighter after the fire brigade extinguish the building and returns it to her, still angry. After an assembly with Mrs. Kingsley, Poppy confesses that she started the fire. After confessing, she sits alone looking at past photos from the school. She notices one picture on the wall and gets upset when she realizes that her deceased mother attended the school as well.

Parts of Paragraph :

Introduction : Poppy’s mother was died in an accident car eleven years ago. She got depressed. It make her became a wild child. Her father sent her to a boarding school in England to change her attitude.

Climax : There’s a message from Poppy’s email account that tell about her hate her boarding school, her friends, and Freddy. It make her loss her friends. When the boarding house got fire, Freddy found Poppy’s lighter. Freddy thought that Poppy was burn the boarding house.

Resolution : Poppy admit her mistake eventhough she didn’t do it. In the assembly, Poppy get drop out from her headmaster, but her friends help her and finally Poppy don’t get drop out.

Language Expressions :

1.   “do you ever remember mom?” it means that Poppy feel dissapointed because her father has a new girlfriend, and she doesn’t like it.

2.  “you’re gonna be fine” it means that it isn’t be fine. Poppy said it to her sister, because she’ll move to England and leave her sister.

3.  “who loves ya” it means that Poppy’s friends really love her.

4.  “i was” have same meaning like i was with her last night. It means that they aren’t with Poppy last night.

Moral Value

Wild Child is an English comedy for teens featuring some good young performers.  While the behaviours and language depicted within the first part of the film may be concerning for some parents, the moral of the story could provide a valuable springboard for family discussions. 

The main message from this movie is that no one should give up on themselves or others.  Even the most obnoxious person can change.
Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:

• honesty
• loyalty
• courage

This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss the hurtful effect that self-centredness can have on other people.  Poppy found herself increasingly isolated as a result of her disrespectful and thoughtless behaviour.  However, when she began thinking about the hurt she had caused others and tried to change her life, she found that people began respecting her and she was able to make some genuine friends.

Comments :

·         language of this movie is bad and unpolite.

·         it’s not good to watch for children.

·         The story of this movie is good, but there are too much sex action and conversation about that on this movie.

·         I love this movie. It can inspire me to never give up. Life must go on.

·         Wild isn’t mean that we are bad, we can do the best and make our parent proud of us.

Sources :

I watched this movie when i was in senior high school at the second year. I watched it with my friends. My friends recomended me to watch this movie, and i watched it. I like this movie.