What a Girl Wants
Release date: 2003-03-27
Votes: 1704
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Family
An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.
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