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73
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72
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71
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67
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66
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66
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65
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64
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63
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63
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63
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62
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62
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61
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61
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61
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59
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59
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58
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58
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58
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57
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57
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57
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57
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56
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56
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55
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55
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55
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55
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54
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54
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52
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52
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47
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46
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35
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32
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Princess Diaries, The
Walt Disney Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring
Julie Andrews,
Anne Hathaway,
Hector Elizondo,
Heather Matarazzo,
and
Caroline Goodall
Shy teenager Mia Thermopolis (Hathaway) is thrown for a loop when, from out of the blue, she learns the astonishing news that she's a real-life princess! As the heir apparent to the crown of the small European principality of Genovia, Mia begins a comical journey towards the throne when her strict and formidable grandmother, Queen Clarisse Renaldi (Andrews), shows up to give her "princess lessons." (Walt Disney Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Family/Kids
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Meg Cabot (novel)
Gina Wendkos
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Garry Marshall
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 18, 2001
Video: December 18, 2001
Theatrical: August 3, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
115 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
83
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
This charming, if unnecessarily coronation-length production gets the duckling-to-swan ambivalence just right.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
This stylish Disney production is an ideal family film.

75
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
Isn't always perfect. But it fills an empty spot in the hearts of girls of all ages who have been pining all summer for a movie like this.

75
Portland Oregonian
Chris Hewitt
It's such a delightful, amusing fairy tale that it leaves you wanting more.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Entertaining and pleasing for children and parents, and not in the schizophrenic way of most kid's movies, which toss naughty in-jokes over the kiddies' heads.

75
Chicago Tribune
Loren King
Manages to wring some originality out of its fairy-tale plot. This freshness compensates for the expected hackneyed qualities in this Cinderella tale.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
A rarity: A fun, entertaining 'G' movie.

70
Village Voice
Ed Park
A modest, enjoyable fairy tale that easily outcharms its animated stablemates of the past decade.

70
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Fitfully amusing comedy from director and one-time sitcom king Garry Marshall, the fantasy is alive and well among little girls of all ages.

63
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
A mixed bag with a huge amount of heart.

60
New Times (L.A.)
Robert Wilonsky
This innocuous, frothy fairy tale isn't so off-putting as you might imagine, thanks in large part to Andrews' ageless charm.

60
LA Weekly
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
The director is Garry Marshall, but The Princess Diaries is no where near as nauseating a fairy tale as Marshall's "Pretty Woman."

60
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Families already know exactly what they're in for, and they're likely to leave the multiplex high on the hum of a charming cast, sunny San Francisco locations, and a suitably happy ending.
60
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Fluffy, candy-colored and aimed directly at tweens -- girls between the ages of 10 and 12.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
The extent to which The Princess Diaries succeeds is the result of how pretty Hathaway at first mimics, then internalizes, Andrews' essential majesty.

50
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Prepubescent girls might get a few safe giggles while others around them are yawning.

50
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
The movie updates Disney's blueprint without altering it in any meaningful way.

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Goes on much too long, stretching a modest story into a marathon that outlasts its welcome by about 30 minutes.

50
Boston Globe
Joan Anderman
Unfortunately, the filmmakers seem to have forgotten that comedy is a requisite feature in a comedy.
50
Miami Herald
Christine Dolen
If Andrews oozes regal poise and Hathaway radiates movie star allure -- and they do -- credit the actresses, not this flimsy fairy tale.

50
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
This is "Pretty Woman" for children.

50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Occasionally funny but more often hackneyed, schmaltzy, predictable and overdone fairy tale that seems longer than 100 choruses of ''Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

50
Variety
Robert Koehler
Exudes a pre-fab quality.

40
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
Critic-proof moviemaking, a candy pink wish-fulfillment fantasy prominently peppered with pubescent pop platters.

38
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A march through the swamp of recycled ugly duckling stories, with occasional pauses in the marsh of sitcom cliches and the bog of Idiot Plots.

30
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Trite transformation comedy.

20
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Such weak medicine. Sure enough, it goes down. Keeping it down is another matter.


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