Ladies and Gentlemen, I have seen “The Princess Diaries,” and “What A Girl Wants” is no “Princess Diaries.” Instead, it’s a sluggish and sugary little girl fairytale that offers nothing more than a repeat of “The Princess Diaries” minus its wit and vigor. “What a Girl Wants” should have a better script and better material. Hope as we may, it does not.
The one saving grace “What a Girl Wants” offers is a cast that makes this glossy fantasy a bit easier to endure. Amanda Bynes, the popular Nickelodeon teen star, shows star potential in her first cinematic leading role. Colin Firth turns out to be the perfect charming, stammering rival for Hugh Grant. Too bad the movie straightjackets them into a fluffy bore that covers everything in coating of clich
