Ice Princess (2005)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Tim Fywell

Writers (WGA):

Meg Cabot (story) and
Hadley Davis (story) ...

Release Date:

18 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

Tagline:

From Scholastic...To Fantastic!

Plot:

With the help of her coach, her parents, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey (Trachtenberg) from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.

Plot Keywords:

Physics | Harvard | Coach | Zamboni | Championship

Cast

Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Casey Carlyle
Joan Cusack	...	Joan Carlyle
Amy Stewart	...	Ann
Steve Ross	...	Mr. Bast
Hayden Panettiere	...	Gen Harwood
Kim Cattrall	...	Tina Harwood
Trevor Blumas	...	Teddy Harwood
Kirsten Olson	...	Nikki
Jocelyn Lai	...	Tiffany
Connie Ray	...	Nikki's Mom
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee	...	Tiffany's Dad
Roy Bradshaw	...	Tiffany's Coach
Mark Hird	...	Nikki's Coach
Ben Gilbank	...	Brian
Thanh Nguyen	...	Hot Dog Kid

Also Known As:

Une princesse sur la glace (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:12 | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | USA:G (certificate #41512) | South Korea:All | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Singapore:G | USA:G | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Millbrook, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The "pond" that Casey skates on is actually a custom ice rink (built by Custom Ice inc.)

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Casey serves the food to the skaters, she gives the total adding 1.65 plus 2.35 plus 3.55, saying it equals to 7.30, when it adds to 7.55.

Quotes:

Tina Harwood: Look, I'm sorry, but when the CIA wants to learn new dirty tricks they observe figure skaters and their moms.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The View: (2005-03-09)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

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A Great Figure Skating Story - Growing Up

Just like kids, The Ice Princess is both about growing up as well ass the growing up of juvenile/youth movies. The Ice Princess dances rings around most figure skating movies because perhaps the movie industry is growing up. The focus on skating, on relationships is great and there is some nice skating shots as well as some surprise cameos. Instead of the usual comedy romance genre as in The Cutting Edge, a standard of such movies, The Ice Princess actually focuses on the biting, raw under the surface issues surrounding youth girls and their mothers today. Without stereotypes, without the usual hype, this movie successfully avoids the juvenile movie traps and plays it both softer of the stereotypes and more on the real and the harsher edges of drama in this movie. This an entertaining, educational, well done movie about going for one's potential, about dreams lost and hoped for, about conflict and doubt, about mothers and daughters, about rivalry and sharing. One of the best girl movies this year and last year. Highly recommended. Eight out of Ten Stars.