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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   20,919 votes
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Director:
Garry Marshall
Writers (WGA):
Meg Cabot (novel)
Gina Wendkos (screenplay)
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Release Date:
3 August 2001 (USA) more
Tagline:
She rocks. She rules. She reigns.
Plot:
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 10 nominations more
User Comments:
Cool movie - great plot more (287 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Julie Andrews ... Queen Clarisse Renaldi

Anne Hathaway ... Mia Thermopolis

Hector Elizondo ... Joe

Heather Matarazzo ... Lilly Moscovitz

Mandy Moore ... Lana Thomas

Caroline Goodall ... Helen Thermopolis

Robert Schwartzman ... Michael Moscovitz

Erik von Detten ... Josh Bryant (as Erik Von Detten)

Patrick Flueger ... Jeremiah Hart
Sean O'Bryan ... Teacher Patrick O'Connell

Sandra Oh ... Vice Principal Gupta
Kathleen Marshall ... Charlotte
Mindy Burbano ... Gym Teacher Ms. Harbula

Kimleigh Smith ... Music Teacher Wells (as Kim Leigh)

Beth Anne Garrison ... Cheerleader Anna
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Additional Details

Runtime:
115 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Hector Elizondo played basketball several hours solo in the rain for the few seconds shown in the movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the dinner scene, when Mia drops a grape on the floor it can clearly be seen as green, but when she bends down to pick it up, it's changed to a red grape. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Helen Thermopolis: Time for school! Stop daydreaming, you'll be late for school.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Naked Movie (2002) more
Soundtrack:
A Summer Song more

FAQ

Chapter Headings, an official version:
How exactly did Mia's father die?
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19 out of 26 people found the following comment useful.
Cool movie - great plot, 6 March 2004
10/10
Author: marius_nicolescu from Constanta, Romania

This is one of the few movies that really made me meditate of my own life, and the invisibility around me. I think that Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews are the coolest grandaughter-grandmother couple I've ever seen - Julie Andrews being such a great actress, and Hathaway being so beautiful. Lame acting for Lana - whoever interprets her - doesn't look like a real spoilt brat - See Freaky Friday's spoilt brats for more. Anyway, cool, great movie with a superb plot - can't wait for part 2. I give it a 10. The love story between the two characters - Mia and Michael was so nice, and the line "You saw me when I was invisible" was sooooo cool.

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