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

Details

Official Sites:

Disney [United States]

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Goofs

When Carter gives Rosie a "chore" to count the contents of the bucket in the bait shop, it clearly says "WAX WORMS", yet when she opens the bucket, it is filled with earthworms, not wax worms.

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Quotes

Carter Mason: A normal dad would go to a foreign country on a secret mission and bring his daughter back a T-shirt, not a person.

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Connections

Referenced in The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular (2012)

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Soundtracks

IS IT JUST ME
Written by Michèle Vice-Maslin, Dorian Cheah, Amy Powers
Produced and Arranged by Michèle Vice-Maslin and Dorian Cheah
Published by Even Sweetersongs (SESAC), Dorian Cheah Music (BMI), Powers That Be (ASCAP)
Performed by Kari Kimmel
Courtesy of Sweetersongs

User Reviews

Good for pre-teen kids and an aging second plus childhood type, v1.00

Once upon a time an aging second plus childhood type purchased Wizards Of Waverly Place, The Movie, and soon felt it sensible to stay well away from anything involving those three brats. But hints in bits of some episodes of the series, not the movie, made the aging one reconsider.

Apologies for the word 'brats'. The movie of that name, that I found to be okay.

This has the fem brat of WoWP,T Movie. But it is actually not so much brat as an okay and fairly sensitive story. There is also a fem lead of Camp Rock 2 in this and while she does a weak imitation of Robot Buffy, something that Gellar acted really well at around the age of early twenties, she is oh so much nicer in this than in Camp Rock 2.

When I was considering purchasing this I mostly looked at the Amazon UK reviews that mention it as loved by kids, less so by the parents who actually purchased it. On that basis this appeared to get glowing reviews. I found that aging second plus childhood type could really get to like this movie.

Further, from an armchair tourism angle. The feature is listed as being filmed in the Caribbean, mostly masquerading as USA, Louisiana.