Princess Protection Program (2009)

A princess whose country has been invaded goes into hiding in Louisiana, where she has to learn to act like an ordinary teenager.

Director:

Allison Liddi-Brown (as Allison Liddi)

Writers:

Annie DeYoung (story), Annie DeYoung

Stars:

Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Nicholas Braun

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Demi Lovato	...	Rosalinda / Rosie
Selena Gomez	...	Carter
Nicholas Braun	...	Ed
Molly Hagan	...	The Director
Johnny Ray Rodriguez	...	General Magnus Kane
Jamie Chung	...	Chelsea
Samantha Droke	...	Brooke
Robert Adamson	...	Donny
Kevin G. Schmidt	...	Bull
Dale Dickey	...	Helen
Sully Diaz	...	Sophia
Tom Verica	...	Joe Mason
Jessenia Da Silva	...	Chloe (as Jessenia Da Silva Rios)
Ángel Vázquez	...	Dimitri (as Angel Vázquez)
Ricardo Alvarez	...	Señor Elegante

Storyline

When a tiny country is invaded by a dictator, a young princess (later known as Rosie) is taken into custody by the Princess Protection Program. She is whisked away to rural Louisiana where she must learn the ins and outs of behaving like a normal American teenager. In the process of adapting to her new life, Rosie gives her new friend and roommate, Carter, a few lessons in how to act with royal aplomb.

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Plot Keywords:

princess | dictator | teenager | protection | louisiana | 

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Taglines:

Royalty meets reality.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rosie's yellow dress strongly resembles that of another Disney Princess, Belle.

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Goofs

Outside the yogurt shop there's a sign that says "salida" which is "exit" in Spanish.

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Quotes

[reading an article in a Spanish magazine]
Brooke: It's about Rosie and her mom. One of them has fled the country, and one is in prison or a paper bag. I keep getting those two mixed up.

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Connections

Referenced in Studio DC: Almost Live! (2008)

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Soundtracks

The Girl Can't Help It
Performed by Mitchel Musso

User Reviews

From the Politics of Demi's nation to the Politics of Selena's high school

With all the hype that the Magic Kingdom has been giving this film over the past several months, I expected something a lot better from the Princess Protection Program. I think most kids even those who look at stars Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez as role models and they're not bad ones either, would find this film just too much.

Selena is the daughter of widower Tom Verica who is the owner of a bait shop in the bayous of Louisiana and also works for the CIA. He just finished a mission where he rescued a princess from a small Caribbean island nation which just had a military coup. Now he's deposited Princess Demi Lovato with his daughter and drawn her into his other life.

Selena's mission and she's got no choice but to accept it is to make Lovato blend in like a normal teen, at least a normal teen in the Disney view. From the politics of Lovato's nation to the politics of Gomez's high school, the two girls get off to a rocky start, but in the end become great pals.

In the pattern of what they do at Disney Studios when they have successful stars from successful shows they always try to mix and match and team these stars in film projects. This was one case where the film idea was so preposterous no matter how appealing these two young women are, they simply couldn't put it over. They're both far better at their Disney shows than in this film.

I mean really, CIA dad gets daughter to help out on one of his missions? I don't think Princess Protection Program would have ever been made if Disney himself was around, though perhaps for different reasons than I didn't like it.

Details

Official Sites:

DisneyNOW Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 June 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Princess Protection Program

Filming Locations:

Colegio San José, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Disney Channel, Rainforest Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD