What a Girl Wants

2003 film directed by Dennie Gordon
Movie film Q1123621
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Summary

What a Girl Wants is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,338 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What a Girl Wants's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • What a Girl Wants was directed by Dennie Gordon[4].
  • Elizabeth Chandler wrote the screenplay for What a Girl Wants[5].
  • William Douglas-Home wrote the screenplay for What a Girl Wants[6].
  • What a Girl Wants's composer is recorded as Rupert Gregson-Williams[7].
  • What a Girl Wants's genre is romantic comedy film[8].
  • What a Girl Wants's genre is teen film[9].
  • What a Girl Wants's genre is coming-of-age film[10].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Amanda Bynes[11].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Colin Firth[12].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Kelly Preston[13].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Oliver James[14].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Eileen Atkins[15].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Anna Chancellor[16].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Jonathan Pryce[17].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Sylvia Syms[18].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Christina Cole[19].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Tara Summers[20].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Roger Ashton-Griffiths[21].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was David Gyasi[22].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Steven Anderson[23].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Stanley Townsend[24].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was James Greene[25].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Cassie Powney[26].
  • A cast member of What a Girl Wants was Connie Powney[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Joel Silver[28], Denise Di Novi[29], and Bill Gerber[30]. What a Girl Wants was directed by Dennie Gordon[4]. Screenwriters include Elizabeth Chandler[5] and William Douglas-Home[6]. Cast members include Amanda Bynes[11], Colin Firth[12], Kelly Preston[13], Oliver James[14], Eileen Atkins[15], and Anna Chancellor[16].

Publication

Publication dates include April 4, 2003[31] and June 26, 2003[32]. The original language of What a Girl Wants was English[33]. Genres include romantic comedy film[8], teen film[9], and coming-of-age film[10]. It was distributed by video on demand[34].

Reception

Reviews include 4.8/10[35], 35%[36], and 41/100[37].

Why It Matters

What a Girl Wants ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,338 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 286788
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  2. 10w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 31986
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 36362, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/264619|batch #264619]]"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2003-04-04T00:00:00Z, +2003-06-26T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Elizabeth Chandler, William Douglas-Home
    Duration → {'amount': '+105'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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