Stars: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Heather Matarazzo, John Rhys-Davies

Director: Garry Marshall

Summary: Two features including THE PRINCESS DIARIES and this sequel in which 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.

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Okay, sure, if you're a ten-year-old girl, this sequel to Disney's 2001 hit will 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 college and--whoosh!--heads off to Genovia, where she's given a closet full of fabulous clothes and jewelry in preparation to rule the kingdom under the tutelage of grandmother Julie Andrews. Throw in a horse and a volatile but innocent romantic attraction to the dreamy young stud (Chris Pine) who's also vying for the throne, and you have the kind of stuff that prepubescent girls rhapsodize about at slumber parties. Oh--and there's a slumber party here, too, featuring a bevy of cute, international young princesses mattress-surfing down a giant slide. Resistance is futile. For the rest of us, though, director Garry Marshall has managed to make his Laverne &Shirleydays seem positively Shakespearean in comparison. The movie is precious, padded (two hours!), and pandering twaddle; Andrews, in her role as Queen Mother, is even shoehorned into a faux-hip-hop duet with Disney Channel favorite Raven (one of many, many grueling moments intended to sell the soundtrack). Then the film takes a maddening left turn three-quarters of the way into the plot and decides that, despite all the preceding consumption and connubial fantasies to the contrary, it's really about feminine emancipation. But don't worry--what causes you to smack your forehead in frustration will go right over the heads of its hypnotized target market. --Steve Wiecking

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	2001
Release Date:	October 3, 2005
Runtime:	220 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B E D 881614
Keywords:	Family, Royal, Princess, Comedy, Two, General, Engagement, Diaries, Discs
Genre:	Family