Wild Child is a 2008 American/British/French teen romantic dramedy film starring Emma Roberts, Alex Pettyfer and Natasha Richardson. The film made its American television premiere on ABC Family on August 8, 2010. In a wild prank with her friends, Poppy Moore , an affluent California teenager living in Malibu, ruins all her father's girlfriend's belongings. When her father angrily arrives, he tells her that he is sending her to a boarding school in England. Arriving at the school, called Abbey Mount School, Poppy meets the headmistress, Mrs. Kingsley , head girl, Harriet Bentley , and her... 'big sister', Kate . She is miserable in her new life as she does not fit in and has no friends. After two weeks, Poppy sneaks out after lights-out and writes an email to Ruby, her best friend in Malibu, complaining about her new school and classmates. She sees one of her roommates, Drippy walking through the hall, and follows her to the school's freezer, where Drippy is indulging her ice cream craving. Disgusted, Poppy walks back.
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| Release date: | August 14, 2008 |
| Directed by: | Nick Moore |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Diana Phillips |
| Editor: | Simon Cozens |
| Music by: | Michael Price |
| Cinematography: | Chris Seager |
| Screenplay by: | Lucy Dahl |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |