The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

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

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writers:

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

Stars:

Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Princess Mia has just turned 21 and is supposed to succeed her grandmother as the Queen of Genovia. But Viscount Mabrey who wishes that his nephew who is also in line to the throne to be the new ruler, reminds everyone of a law that states that an unmarried woman can't be made queen, and with the backing of parliament, he opposes Mia's coronation. But Queen Clarice asks that Mia be allowed time to find a husband, and she is given 30 days. But Mabrey tries to do what he can to stop that. But his nephew, Nicholas has met Mia and they are both attracted to each other but Mia upon learning who he is, dislikes and doesn't trust him but Clarice has invited him to stay with them for the 30 day period to keep an eye on him.

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Plot Keywords:

princess | queen | side saddle | arranged marriage | horse | 

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Taglines:

The throne is all hers...but there's a little hitch.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 August 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Princess Diaries 2

Filming Locations:

1288 S Oakland Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$67,087 (South Africa) (14 January 2005)

Gross:

$756,466 (South Africa) (21 January 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BrownHouse Productions, Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the parade sequence with the orphans, in the top right corner, the marquee of the Genovian National Theatre indicates a production of "Wrong Turn at Lungfish" is being staged. This play was co-written by Garry Marshall and Lowell Ganz. This was also the play in which Kathleen Marshall made her off-Broadway debut in NYC.

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Goofs

After the Queen is done "flying", the long shot shows the snack table all nice and neat. Even though previously all the slumber party guests had complete ravaged it.

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Quotes

Mia Thermopolis: [climbing down the vine] This really is more romantic in books.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits, the voice of Joe (Hector Elizondo), gives a commercial encouraging viewers to travel to Genovia.

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Connections

References Laverne & Shirley (1976)

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Soundtracks

"Because You Live"
Written by Desmond Child, Chris Braide, Andreas Carlsson
Performed by Jesse McCartney
Courtesy of Hollywood Records

User Reviews

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