The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writers (WGA):

Meg Cabot (characters)
Gina Wendkos (story) ...

Release Date:

11 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

You are cordially invited to the royal event of the season. R.S.V.P. This Summer

Plot:

Now settled in Genovia, Princess Mia faces a new revelation: she's being primed for an arranged marriage to a English suitor.

Plot Keywords:

Whimsical | Cinderella Story | Fish Out Of Water | Hanbok | Royalty

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Anne Hathaway	...	Mia Thermopolis
Julie Andrews	...	Queen Clarisse Renaldi
Hector Elizondo	...	Joe
John Rhys-Davies	...	Viscount Mabrey
Heather Matarazzo	...	Lilly Moscovitz
Chris Pine	...	Nicholas Devereaux
Callum Blue	...	Andrew Jacoby
Kathleen Marshall	...	Charlotte Kutaway
Tom Poston	...	Lord Palimore
Joel McCrary	...	Prime Minister Motaz
Kim Thomson	...	Reporter Elsie Penworthy
Raven-Symoné	...	Asana
Larry Miller	...	Paolo
Caroline Goodall	...	Helen Thermopolis O'Donnell
Sean O'Bryan	...	Patrick O'Donnell

Also Known As:

The Princess Diaries 2 (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Canada:G (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Finland:S | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:AL | Norway:A | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:G (certificate# 40926) | Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

BrownHouse Productions

Trivia:

In the "mattress surfing scene", Clarisse tells Mia that she's "done a lot of flying" in her day, a cheeky reference to Julie Andrews's famous Disney role in Mary Poppins (1964).

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Queen finishes sliding down during the mattress surfing, her mattress is crooked. But when she steps off, it's straight and a little to the right.

Quotes:

Nicholas Devereaux: Rapunzel, Rapunzel, with hair so fine. Come out your window, climb down the vine.
Mia Thermopolis: The feat you ask, dear sir, isn't easy. And I won't respond to that line, it's far too cheesy.

Movie Connections:

References Amarcord (1973)

Soundtrack:

Your Crowning Glory

Princess Diaries 2 has it's moments, but over all is a pretty lame film

I just recently viewed The Princess Diaries and over all liked it pretty much, so I figured I would see the sequel. I rented it yesterday and watched it this morning and it seemed to me like it was the same plot as before only with a couple different elements. The film also felt very rushed in some aspects, some of the plots or characters that took place seemed to come and go. Although I'm still not sure since I haven't read the books, but the movie itself was just predictable and a bit too silly at times, it just seemed like it could insult the audience it was aimed at.

Mia has graduated college and is off to Genovia to become queen and her grandmother, Clarrise is about to give up her title. But Genovia law is that before Mia is to become queen she must marry someone. She is falling for a young man, Nicolas, but he is also up for the throne as king, so his uncle is trying to set Mia up where she will loose her crown before she could even have it. Mia has to decide wither to go with her heart and let herself love Nicolas or have her duty for her country and marry for Genovia.

The Princess Diaries 2 has some cute and funny moments, I won't lie, I did laugh a little bit, but over all I have to say that it just could have been more, you know? The actors didn't seem to click as well as they did in the first film. Not to mention how quickly the character Michael went away and Lily just was there for 5 minutes to make like a semi quick cameo and just be out of the story. If you want too, feel free to watch this movie, it's harmless, but it's not a great movie if you're looking for one.

4/10