The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

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

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writers:

Meg Cabot (characters), Gina Wendkos (story)

Stars:

Anne Hathaway, Callum Blue, Julie Andrews

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 (as Raven)
Larry Miller	...	Paolo
Caroline Goodall	...	Mia's Mom Helen
Sean O'Bryan	...	Mia's Stepfather Patrick

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. 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: 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:

sleepover | riding sidesaddle | princess | queen | law | 

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Taglines:

She needs the rock to rule.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney

Country:

USA

Language:

English Greek French Spanish

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 USA:

$22,956,453, 15 August 2004, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$95,170,481

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$134,734,481

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures,BrownHouse Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the garden, when Mia is practicing her archery, Nicholas enters whistling. The piece he is whistling is the main theme from the third movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.

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Goofs

Mia is turning 21 and is to become queen by default. Her grandmother is queen (and still quite alive). Apparently Mia's father never became king at 21 (though he returned to Genovia to do so); and even up until his (recent) death - being much older than 21.

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Quotes

Joe: Viscount, you may not be aware of what my job entails as the Royal Head of Security. My job is to protect the crown. To make sure no harm comes to the crown. To step in when someone toys with the crown's emotions.
Viscount Mabrey: I think the entire country understands how well you cater for the crown's emotions.
Joe: [pause] If you hurt my girl, you will answer directly to me, and whatever crimes I commit against you, remember, I have diplomatic immunity in 46 countries, including Puerto Rico.
Viscount Mabrey: Sir, you will find ...
[...]

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Crazy Credits

"Fat Louie" was credited as "Himself," and so was "Maurice" (whose actual name was Gatsby)

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Connections

References I Love Lucy (1951)

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Soundtracks

Because You Live
Executive Producer
Written by Chris Braide, Andreas Carlsson, and Desmond Child

User Reviews

Offers nothing new and entertains not

You'd think that after 5 years since we last met her, Mia would have developed something close to maturity! I went to see this at the theatre because i quite liked the first movie, however, as is often the case with sequels, it offers nothing new and entertains not. Really, really bad. I actually felt embarrassed for the people involved in this movie...I mean the whole slumber party thing, (just one example)takes this movie beyond fairy tale into a realm of absolute idiocy.All efforts of humour are overdone and you just don't sympathise with any of the characters as you did with the first. In short: this is a disappointing and boring sequel from Disney.