The Prince & Me (2004)

Director:

Martha Coolidge

Writers (WGA):

Mark Amin (story) and
Katherine Fugate (story) ...

Release Date:

2 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Finding your inner princess can be such a royal pain.

Plot:

At a Wisconsin university, local farmer's daughter Paige Morgan is intrigued by odd Danish exchange student Edvard 'Eddie'...

Plot Keywords:

Farmers Daughter | College Student | Bittersweet | Class Differences | College Life

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Julia Stiles	...	Paige Morgan
Luke Mably	...	Eddie / Prince Edvard
Ben Miller	...	Soren
Miranda Richardson	...	Queen Rosalind
James Fox	...	King Haraald
Alberta Watson	...	Amy Morgan
John Bourgeois	...	Ben Morgan
Zachary Knighton	...	John Morgan
Stephen O'Reilly	...	Mike Morgan (as Steve O'Reilly)
Elisabeth Waterston	...	Beth Curtis
Eliza Bennett	...	Princess Arabella
Devin Ratray	...	Scotty
Clare Preuss	...	Stacey
Yaani King	...	Amanda
Eddie Irvine	...	Himself

Also Known As:

The Prince & the Freshman (USA) (working title)
The Prince and Me (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some sex-related material and language.

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA | Czech Republic

Language:

English | Danish | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Canada

Company:

Lions Gate Films

Trivia:

The game that Scotty always has up on his X-Box is Halo (2001) (VG).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Soren used the term "irregardless" (instead of the proper word "regardless") while having a conversation in the dorm with Paige and Eddie. Someone of such high education would have known better.

Quotes:

Paige: Am I supposed to be able to breathe?
Dress Maker: No.
Paige: Oh, well, then it's perfect.

Movie Connections:

References Blade Runner (1982)

Soundtrack:

Good Intentions

Much better than expected.

You may look at the preview and think, "Great, they just basically ruined the ending for me." which is what I though when I saw it. However, I took a chance renting it, because I figured it would be an entertaining way to pass the time. I was right. I not only found it entertaining, but by the end, as corny is it may sound for a film like this, it did leave me guessing a little as to what would happen.

Although I don't usually care for Julia Stiles, I found her to be delightful in this piece, and the right person to play the part. The role of the handsome Scandanavian Prince, was also correctly casted, and was a heartthrob a minute. The two actors worked very well together, and I very much enjoyed the film, finding it sweet, romantic and just enough of light and heavy to balance it out nicely.

Ovearll it's a film that certainly wouldn't have been nominated for any big awards, but it's cute, and in the end a pretty predictable film. I recommend it to the ones out there who like the Cinderella-ish stories. It's kind of like that.