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The Princess Diaries | Year: 2001 Classification: Feature Film Family Directed: - Garry Marshall Actors/Actresses: - Anne Hatheway - Julie Andrews - Mandy Moore - Anne Hathaway A Delightfully Sweet Surprise This was a delightfully sweet surprise! The cinematography was lovely and the acting superb. Anne Hathaway is a lovely, talented girl and plays her part well as the first geeky Mia Thermopolis. As she is transformed throughout the movie, she never loses her wonderful and kind nature or her friendly spirit. Julie Andrews was well cast as Mia's grandmother, Queen Clarice of Genovia. The story begins with a peek into the somewhat average life of Mia Thermopolis, a geeky San Francisco misfit who lives with her single, artist mother in an old fire house that has been transformed into a fascinating home. She attends a private school that is paid for by her father, where she has only one friend. Lily, played by actress Heather Matarazzo, is a quirky, sweet girl whose wants to make a difference using her television show "Shut Up and Listen". Everyone at school makes fun of Mia or simply ignores her. Everyone accept for Lily and Michael, Lily's adorable but somewhat unique older brother played by Robert Shwartzman. Unfortunately, Mia doesn't notice Michael's admiration of her as she has eyes only for the school hot shot, Josh, played by Erik von Detten, who is dating Lana Fontana, the stuck school cheerleader played by pop singer Mandy Moore. Of course Josh doesn't even acknowledge that Mia even exists until one day ... This DVD also contains neat extras. You can watch several originally deleated scenes, a behind the scened featurett, as well as several movie trailers. It is beautifully displayed with soft music and pink roses blooming on the menu screens. A delightful movie! I may be a sentimentalist at heart and prefer sappy movies to violent movies, but as a grown woman I loved the movie The Princess Diaries based on the book by Meg Cabot. This was one of the most delightful movies I've seen in a long time and a welcome antidote to the current movie fare as well as national News. The cast, which includes Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo and Anne Hathaway as the unkempt young woman who becomes a princess, is absolutely perfect. And any opportunity to see Julie Andrews as the Queen and Hector Elizondo in the same movie is cause for a celebration. Some may even see Mr. Elizondo's role in The Princess Diaries as a bit similar to the one he played in Pretty Woman. Mia Thermapolis is a young woman living in San Francisco with her mother who is an artist. She's a 9th graders who complains about being too tall, having curly hair, feels awkward around boys and worries that she may never be kissed by a boy. She doesn't' think her life could ever be more complicated until she meets an elegant woman who tells Mia that her father was the Prince of Genovia and that she is his heir and a princess. And this woman should know since she's not only Mia's grandmother but the Queen of Genovia. At this point the viewer may wonder why Mia never knew this before but I was so taken in with this film I didn't bother thinking about this for too long. Now the fun begins as Mia must shed her 9th grade poor self- image and learns to become a princess under the tutelage of her grandmother and Hector Elizondo. Throughout the movie we are treated to wonderful scenes of Mia learning how to behave like a princess to dealing with her schoolmates who suddenly notice Mia, as they never did in the past. Perhaps my favorite scene is when Mia, after giving serious consideration to what her life will be like in the future, is presented to society as a princess by her grandmother. This movie, which does differ from the book, is both appropriate for young adults and sophisticated enough to appeal to older audiences as well. And it really was so delightful to watch a movie with no violence, nudity or foul language. This is a one of a kind movie reminiscent of Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady who was originally played by Ms. Andrews and the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Finally, this movie reminds one of what it was like to be a little girl wishing that would wake up one day to learn that she is suddenly a princess. Now I'm hoping another movie would be made continuing the story of Mia and her royal family. I'd love to know s how life is treating her as she flies off to Genovia at the end of this movie. PRETTY GOOD! PRETTY GOOD MOVIE!GREAT ACTORS,GREAT EVERYTHING!JULIE ANDREWS IS REAL GOOD AS THE GRANDMOTHER!ME AND MY MOM LOVED IT!WE LAUGHED THE WHOLE TIME! Buy The Princess Diaries at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Princess Diaries Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Princess Diaries This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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