Production Year: 2004 - Family - Director: Garry Marshall - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Heather Matarazzo, John Rhys-Davies more
As a teenager, ugly duckling Mia (Anne Hathaway) learned that she was actually a princess. Now that the Princess has completed college in America, she is returning to her country,... more
completely transfix you. How could it not? Bubbly Mia (Anne Hathaway), the American teenager who in the first film learned she was actually European royalty, finishes coll...
completely transfix you. How could it not? Bubbly Mia (Anne Hathaway), the American teenager who in the first film learned she was actually European royalty, finishes coll...
Mia (Anne Hathaway) learned that she was actually a princess. Now that the Princess has completed college in America she is returning to her country Genovia. S...
DAVE ALLOCCA / Rex Features Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2 ROYAL ENGAGEMENT SPECIAL FILM SCREENING, NEW YORK, AMERICA - 11 AUG 2004 GREY BLUE VELVET SHORT SLEEVE TOP OFF WHITE JACKET EMBRACING 475099e
Family - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Bob The Builder, Fireman Sam, Pingu, The Hoobs, Barney The Dinosaur, The Wiggles, Kipper, Angelina Ballerina, Thomas The Tank Engine
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A review by eilidhcatriona on The Princess Diaries 2 - Royal Engagement (DVD) September 4th, 2009
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Story
Very weak
Characters / Performances
Unmemorable
Special Effects
Standard
How does it compare to similar films?
Weak
Advantages:
Anne Hathaway is reasonably pretty
Disadvantages:
Everything else !
Recommend to potential buyers:
no
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So, it's a Sunday evening. You've had a lazy day. You've finished your book and written a review. There's not much on the TV. So what do you do? Put on a DVD of a nice grown up film. Well, that's what any sensible person would do. I watched the Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
Starring Anne Hathaway, Princess Diaries 2 was released in 2004, the sequel to the popular Princess Diaries. Both movies are Disney "princess" movies, so you can't really go into them expecting too much. I haven't actually seen the first film, but I can report that you get an adequate summary of it at the start of Princess Diaries 2; the story is condensed into a five minute catch up, and I now feel like I have seen both films.
In the first movie, our heroine Mia (Hathaway) learns she is the heir to the throne of Genovia, a fictional country. Now, in Princess Diaries 2, she has finished college in America and is returning to Genovia to learn how to be a queen and to take over the throne from her grandmother. But oh no! Parliament decrees she must first of all take a husband - within 30 days or the throne will go to the scheming Lord Nicolas! Will our plucky heroine find a husband? Will true love win through? Do you care??
The story is as transparent as a freshly washed window. With no prior knowledge of the plot, I had figured everything out within 15 minutes. It may be a Disney film, but it wasn't all going to go smoothly - there had to be some obstacles thrown in Mia's way. But being Disney, it is of course a happy ever after story.
The acting was....well, appropriate I suppose. Anne Hathaway was exactly the kind of cool princess that little girls will love - the only other film I have seen her in (that I can think of) is The Devil Wears Prada, and I see little difference between her in that and in Princess Diaries 2, so I'm not too impressed with her acting range so far. Mia's grandmother the Queen (Julie Andrews) was elegantly regal, but also rather hip; the best friend Lilly (Heather Matarazzo) wasn't as pretty as Mia, and was suitably loud and outspoken; the royal staff were all adoring of the family they serve. In short, the characters exactly fitted the formula you would expect from a Disney princess movie, and the actors portrayed them adequately.
Why I watched this to the end I don't know. It was painfully clichéd, and I knew exactly what was going to happen from early on. I was so appalled by the cheesy bridal shower scene that I almost turned it off, but I couldn't stop torturing myself. This scene would have been heaven for little girls, the kind of thing they would dream of - instead of going out on the town, getting hammered and seeing a stripper like most 21 year olds would, Mia has a slumber party for princesses. Most of whom are under the age of 10. They mattress slide down the ceremonial staircase. They rollerblade round the entrance hall. They have a cabaret. Even one of the footmen starts dancing.
I also had problems with the name Genovia - it is far too close to Gibrovia, the name of the "emerging nation" that Billy Connelly made up in his 1985 An Audience With... show to illustrate how depressing the British national anthem is - "We come from Gibrovia, And we don't give a s***". If you haven't seen it, do. Hilarious.
Little girls will adore this. It is full of sumptuous royal sets, a cool princess, beautiful princes, chaste romance, and of course the dream that any ordinary girl could find out she is a princess.
I love Disney, I really do. The animated classics are just that, classics. They are works of art. And of course there are modern live action films like Pirates of the Caribbean, which I absolutely adore, and The Chronicles of Narnia, which isn't bad. But this...this is not a film for the whole family. It is a film for little girls, up to maybe the age of 12. And the parents who have the misfortune to have to sit through it. It is not a film for anyone over the age of 12 to watch through choice. Yet for some reason I chose to put Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement on, and then sat through it...I will be making an appointment with my doctor.
Advantages: It was funny and entertaining Disadvantages: Quite unrealistic
I have three of the Princess Diaries books by Meg Cabot. I must say that the books were duller than ever, set in a diary format that didn't interest me in the slightest but since I was given them as birthday presents I read them. When The Princess Diaries 1 came out I found it on offer in Woolworths and I thought it was worth a try, and when I watched it I was pleasantly surprised! So when the second film came out we got it on DVD and I was just ... ...WHO HAVENT SEEN IT
The original Princess Diaries is a bout a 15 year old girl named Mia Thermopolis, whose life turns upside down when she discovers that she is the only heir to the Genovian throne. Her grandma, the queen of Genovia, comes to visit to tell her that she is actually a princess, and when she turns 16 she must decide whether she wants to pursue her grandmother's wishes and take the role as the upcoming queen of Genovia. Of course, there ...
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Princess Mia returns! Review ofThe Princess Diaries 2 - Royal Engagement (DVD)by
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Advantages: Good cast, easy to watch, happy film for all the family Disadvantages: not for everyone!
...this film carries on from The Princess Diaries 1 (funnily enough!lol). In the first film we find out that teenager Mia is in fact a princess of a land called Genovia, and that it is likely that she will become the queen! Now after undergoing a make-over and intensive queen lessons, Mia is more prepared and the second film picks up with Mia graduating college and moving to Genovia.
As it is in most films, Mia does not get an easy ride. After only ... ...is infact another heir to the throne, his rather handsome nephew Lord Devereaux. With a bit of negotiation from Queen Clarisse, Mia has 30days to find a husband and get married.
This leads to an intensive search conducted by Mia, her best friend Lily and the Queen to find an appriopriate husband. They think they have found the perfect man in the form of the Englishman Andrew Jacoby.
With queen Clarisse inviting Lord Devereaux to stay at the palace, ...
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Advantages: excellent cast...good story...good movie Disadvantages: none
...is a good movie.
The sequel to The Princess Diaries begins with Princess Mia graduating college and moving back to Genovia, where she is to soon take over her grandmothers place as queen. However, Mia soon finds out that an old Genovian law states a queen must be married to assume the throne. Thanks to her grandmother, Mia is then given 30 days to find a husband and get married, or she must forfeit the throne to Lord Nicholas, the next in line. ... ...a list of possibilities (with the help of her friend Lilly) to be her husband when she comes across an Englishman by the name of Andrew Jacoby and agrees to an arranged marriage with him. Although Andrew is nice enough, Mia just isn't in love with him and neither is he with her. Problems arise when Mia begins to fall in love with Nicholas, whose uncle is set on having him become king and is trying to ruin everything for Mia.
But will Mia be able ...
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Advantages: Great story and follow up to the first film - unusually good sequel Disadvantages: Mainly appeals to teenage girls
The Plot
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Since finding out she is heir to the throne of "Genovia", Princess Mia has finished her education and arrives in Genovia for the first time. She soon discovers that she Genovian law requires to be married in order to assume her rightful role as Queen and she has 30 days to do this.
With the help of her Grandmother, her Grandmother's assistant and her friend Lily (all in the previous film) she proceeds to attempt to find a husband ... ...the man who has agreed to marry her and the man who is trying to steal her throne, Princess Mia has to decide what to do and prove to all of Genovia that she is ready and fit to receive the crown.
Blurb on back cover
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"Starring the irresistible Anne Hathaway (ELLA ENCHANTED) and Academy Award® winner Julie Andrews (Best Actress, MARY POPPINS, 1964), this modern-day fairy tale picks up right where THE PRINCESS DIARIES left off! ...
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Advantages: this is a fantastic film Disadvantages: does not appeal to boys
...these two films are fantastic to watch for young girls, teenage girls and young women adults, even my mother who is in her 50's loved this film and has watched it again and again.
both films are funny and romatic at the same time. they are both brilliant fairytail films and are well worth watching if you have not already seen them.
the first film is about a young girl (mia) who is not popular at school and finds out from her grandmother who has not been in her life much, that her dead father was a prince and she is a princess. her grandmother tells her this as she needs the mia to become the next queen of Genovia. however mia find the transition from not so popular girl to queen hard.
the second film, shows mia about to be crowned queen of Genovia but the rules state that she needs to be married, so the story shows her trying...
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Advantages: fun for all the family Disadvantages: none
...Excellent dvd that combines both the first and second PrincessDiaries. Well worth a watch one for the whole family and kids of any age. Girls especially will love this film as it features all the must have elements comedy, fashion and make up, romance and good looking boys/men, so one for the mums too! Both of these films are charming starring Ann Hathaway who makes an excellent Princess Mia and Julie Andrews as the Queen of Genovia (Andrews is as wonderful in this as in the sound of music) the storyline is easy to follow and is full of very funny moments. Another excellent release from the wonderful world of Walt Disney who never seem to let us down....
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Advantages: A great film for girls and women of all ages Disadvantages: The first movie can be a bit slow to start with
...Two great films that will make you laugh over and over again, the first film sees Mia, a normal teenage girl finding out that her grandmother is not just a normal grandmother, she is in fact queen of Genovia and Mia is soon to be princess, but the main question is will she accept her royal role?
The second film sees Mia grow up and is faced with the hard decision of finding a husband before she can become queen, will she find her perfect prince or will she fall for someone that she thought she didn't like?
I thought this film was great, i thought the characters bonded well and the effects in the scences were great, i would reccomend this film as it made me laugh alot, it's a real feel good film, with a mixture of actors, of all ages playing the parts. I think the actors make the film come alive and seem real and the whole time you...
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Plot: Princess Mia, the future queen of Genovia, finds her right to succession challenged. Still single, and with dreams of finding her own prince charming, she finds herself brought down to earth with a bump when she is presented with someone she considers unsuitable but is still expected to do her duty.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): Walt Disney Home Video; Technicolor Distribution Services
As a teenager, ugly duckling Mia (Anne Hathaway) learned that she was actually a princess. Now that the Princess has completed college in America, she is returning to her country, Genovia. Since Mia is turning 21, Queen Clarisse (Julie Andrews) plans to step down and give her granddaughter the throne. But evil Viscount Mabrey (Jonathan Rhys-Davies) believes his nephew is the rightful heir, and Parliament decides that Mia will have to abide by an age-old Genovian law: no Queen shall rule without a husband. Mia has just thirty days to marry if she is to retain the throne that her family has held for over 500 years. The kindhearted but clumsy princess also has to win over the Genovian people and survive the constant paparazzi. Although a charming Englishman (Callum Blue) seems to fit the arranged marriage bill, Mia also finds herself drawn to the very man that is vying for the throne, the dashing Nicholas (Chris Pine). But can she trust her foe's intentions
Technical information
Special Features: Animated Menus, Cast Commentary, Making A Return Engagement, The Princess Diaries 2 Makeover, Royal Bloopers, Deleted Scenes With Garry Marshall Intros, Breakaway Music Video By Kelly Clarkson, Find Your Inner Princess
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
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Review: Perfect if you love a fairy tale ending (Bliss, )
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