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The Princess Diaries (2001) 5.9
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5.9/10 from 53,024 users
Metascore: 52/100
Reviews: 291 user | 108 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com Mia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her 15th year. Director:Garry Marshall |
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Cast
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| Hector Elizondo | ... | ||
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Josh Bryant
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Jeremiah Hart
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Teacher Patrick O'Connell
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Vice Principal Gupta
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Gym Teacher Ms. Harbula
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Music Teacher Wells
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Cheerleader Anna
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Mia Thermopolis is the average teenager - sweet, a little geeky and pretty much invisible to everyone with the exception of her mother, best friend Lilly and Lilly's older brother Michael. Making it through high school without throwing up is a challenge in itself for Mia, so it doesn't come as welcome news when her estranged grandmother shows up out of the blue and calmly informs her that she is in fact the heir to the throne of a European country called Genovia. Suddenly Mia's life is thrown into complete overload. She's being taught about scarves, waves and pears in order to become a perfect princess, she gets a makeover and a tough looking yet sweet bodyguard/limo driver called Joe. Things get out of hand when the media gets a hold of the story and suddenly Mia is thrust into the spotlight in both the newspapers and in school. On top of all that Mia has a choice to make. She must decide by Genovia's Independence Day Ball whether she longs to relinquish her claim on the throne or to... Written by LadyN1
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Buena Vista Pictures [us] Awards Consideration Site- catagories, screening calendar | Disney | See more »Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
3 August 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El diario de la princesa See more »Box Office
Budget:
$37,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$93,455 (Sweden) (28 December 2001)Gross:
£4,904,418 (UK) (8 February 2002)Company Credits
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Walt Disney Pictures, BrownHouse Productions, Bottom of the Ninth Productions See more »
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Helen Thermopolis: Time for school! Stop daydreaming, you'll be late for school.
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Written by Andreas Carlsson, Howard Dorough, and Steve Diamond
Performed by Backstreet Boys
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Michael's band, Fly Paper, is singing the song "Blueside" by Robert Schwartzman's real band, Rooney. Though in Rooney, Schwartzman plays guitar and vocals, not keyboard and vocals. See more »Goofs
Helen tells Mia that they (the Queen, Mia's dad and Helen) were planning on telling Mia about her heritage when she turned 18. However the letter from Mia's dad was for her 16th birthday and it has the royal insignia on the letter head. Wouldn't that give it away? See more »Quotes
[first lines]Helen Thermopolis: Time for school! Stop daydreaming, you'll be late for school.
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Crazy Credits
A couple of minutes into the end credits we see a shot of Mia on the soccer field sneaking up to the ball and trying to kick it. She misses the ball and falls down. See more »Connections
Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Anne Hathaway/Florence and the Machine (2010) See more »Soundtracks
"What Makes You Different (Makes You Beautiful)"Written by Andreas Carlsson, Howard Dorough, and Steve Diamond
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I will admit that when I first heard a Disney movie called "The Princess Diaries" was coming out, I thought it would be corny. But upon actually SEEING the film, I found (as is usually the case when stupid judgmental people make up their mind about films without watching them, I won't name names, you know who you are...Tom!) that it was in reality a charming, original, humorous and thoroughly entertaining family film.
The plot is fairy tale in nature: Mia is a social misfit with terrible hair and no self-confidence. Her only friends are eccentric activist Lilly and rock band headliner Michael (played by real-life rocket Robert Carmine of "Rooney") who has a little crush on her. Then, who of all people should turn up but Julie Andrews to tell Mia that her father (who she hasn't seen since she was tiny) was actually royalty and that she, Mia, was princess of a country no one's ever heard of. What it comes down to is this: She has until a big embassy ball to decide whether she wants to give up the crown (and basically open the country up to a hostile political takeover) or take her place as princess. After a makeover (at the hands of funnyman Larry Miller), some training and at least four horrendously traumatizing incidents, she decides...well, that would be giving it away, wouldn't it?
This is not a movie for little girls dressed in tutus who want to be princesses when they grow up. For the first time in the studio's tenure (I'd wager) this film depicts the responsibility of royalty. Mia tackles with the pressures of ruling a country. But for my money the best part of this movie is the love story. No, not Mia and the uniquely attractive rocker (although, that is great). A second, unscripted love story exists between Andrews and her chauffeur, Hector Elizondo. That's terrific.
It's about being yourself and bettering yourself. It's about knowing who your real friends are. It's about living up to your own expectations. It's about smushing an ice cream cone on the blouse of a bitchy cheerleader who deserves it. And maybe that sounds corny to all y'all (rustic expression) but I know a lot of adults who could use lessons like these.