There is nothing particularly special about the story, very generic and predictable. A lot of dialogue was so utterly cringe worthy particularly from the protagonists 'British' friends, their performance was cardboard at lot of the time,I'm not sure what accent they are meant to have, I've never heard anyone anywhere in Britain sound anything like that, not even those from An upper class background, also the terminology they used is very peculiar, For example they used horridious when Horrendous would have fitted better, and not sure what hurrious is meant to mean as it does not appear to be a real word or slang. Despite these faults I presume Teenage girls probably not from Britain may enjoy this film As they may not recognize the faults.

Poppy Moore (Emma Roberts) is bratty petulant teen causing problems with her father's new girlfriend. She's been bitter ever since her mother's death. Her father has had enough and ships her off to an English private boarding school for girls run by Mrs. Kingsley (Natasha Richardson). She immediately makes an enemy of the head girl Harriet (Georgia King). She doesn't get along with her roommates (Juno Temple, Linzey Cocker, Sophie Wu, Kimberley Nixon) at first either. Eventually they decide to work together to help Poppy get kicked out of school and back home.I'm sure the girls had fun making the movie. That doesn't automatically make the movie fun. Emma Roberts is cute. Even as a bratty blonde, she has an easy charm about her. This movie relies heavily on her to drive this movie. Other than Emma, there isn't much to recommend about this movie. There are some minor jokes like referring to Hogwarts just as Shirley Henderson walks in. But there are very few funny moments.

Wild. A second attempt at a user review. My first got deleted by IMDb after someone posted a well thought out objection to it. If one has posted reviews here and found that some have been deleted by the appropriate admin, how does one react? That is what this second attempt is trying to consider. Most IMDb users will not have had their stuff appreciated in that sort of way so this is a minority interest sort of comment. If one bothers to write comments or reviews about the features that impress one then one's personal appreciation can grow. Of course there is a large range of individuals who browse such as IMDb user reviews so who knows what sort of wording one will need to use if one is to truly show one's growing understanding of a feature such as this? My solution was to use a spoiler label. I obviously need to improve on that. * My first attempt had gotten up to version 2.01. It tried to show my first reaction, amazed and impressed and needing to write a review that said so. It tried to include some of my understanding after a couple of weeks, this is one of those school stories where the star, Emma, and another are actually of the age that they are scripted at. Most others are student age, 18 to 22, but they fit in well, there is a natural look. I was also starting to tie in my reaction with links to Donnie Darko and Pretty Woman. It tried to include some of the insights into the story detail that I started to notice after a few months. As such, drafting the first version of the comment was a big help to me gaining a deeper personal understanding of the story. Wild. Poppy is scrambled and sunk, but still flying high. A 'popular girl' as in Heathers and Mean Girls. This feature explores that in its own sweet way and the true reality is not on the surface. Beneath the surface is a mess so putrid that there might be admin deletions if anyone dared to tried to seriously consider the relevance of this feature. I rate this as 10, which does not mean that I consider it to have a sweet smell. Poppy as a blooee elle. I have appropriate skills for getting sunk on this. Wild. Poppy being totally unable to face the real issues re her dad having a need for a new partner. There is a barrier and I have often come across such barriers, there is something about it that is a hidden part of our world? Wild. The relationships between the Malibu trio, Poppy and sister and best friend. It takes skill to find acceptable ways to comment? They are out of their depth and it shows. A big problem is that one is only likely to find out that there has been a successful complaint by one of your items being deleted. The reason why the deletion is not known. My only previous admin deletion was something that I tried to write another review for and that ended up by being deleted too. I currently assume that was some political factor. Example, if I write some dreamy appreciation about some dreamy actress such as 12 year old Abigail Breslin of Santa Clause 3 then I am likely to get low scores for the helpfulness of my comment. The Sarah Jane Adventures as an example, ditto Ballet Shoes, maybe HSM Concert. Wild. My paranoia can make me wonder if this deletion was political, too. If so the issue might be me writing, several times at IMDb and Amazon USA, that I consider DVD region codes to be a USA invention to allow warfare against consumers world wide, a visible component in the current world war III. My last dabble into that sort of thing was 2009, Amazon, concerning the disk sets for Emma Roberts' Unfabulous series. That must seem like paranoia to anyone but me? Not knowing the real reasons for the deletions does leave one in the dark.

Over the years there have been many films about a transplanted American in an English school. This time it is a teen aged spoiled girl sent to a posh English school.Emma Roberts, niece of Julia & daughter of Eric Roberts is an absolute delight, she eventually will be as talented as her Aunt & Father.We have the usual craziness & silliness that we find in all such comedies.Then of course all is redeemed usually by some sporting event, This time its Lacrosse.Nick Moore directed first time screenplay writer Lucy Dahl's serviceable script.Natasha Richardson in her final role is fine as the Headmistress & Alex Pettyfer is good as her teen-aged son. Aiden Quinn is perfect as Emma's father. The entire cast is young & refreshing.Rating is a proper PG-13, This is primarily a teen type filmwith some raunchy teen talk. It is all in good fun.Ratings: *** (out of 4) 81 points(out of 100) IMDb 7 out of 10)