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6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 15 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 23
  3. Negative: 7 out of 23

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  1. PatrickM.
    Aug 14, 2004
    0
    Whoa, this is absolutely horrible. I couldn't stop laughing throughout, even though the movie is not implicitly funny. Garry Marshall is a terrible director and this is like the cherry on top. The romance between Anne Hathaway and Chris Pine is so predictable it hurts me to witness. The antagonist in all this, John Rhys-Davies, is absolutely atrocious and over the top, never really giving the princess a run for her thrown. If this movie was any longer, I really have no idea what I would have done. It should have ended 30-40 minutes earlier than it did and ultimately turned into a marathon of boring G-rated nonsense. When Poppins, I mean Julie Andrews, surfs on the mattress, that's when it officially eclipsed Little black book and Cinderella Story as the worst movie of the summer. Not to be mean, but Hathaway's sidekick best friend is so ugly that when she smiled, I was forced to look at the old men next to her. Yet, she has a man willing to call her on the phone and perhaps even hug or kiss her...I'm sorry I just threw up a little in my mouth. If you find this movie good, you are either a little toddler or a completely hopeless moron. Bring a friend because seeing this alone would have been unbearable. Was it just me or did all the men seem more flamboyant and gay than the next? And don't even get me started on the wardrobes or the time period or the 24 different accents being spoken in Krakovia. Where was Victor Navorski? Meg Cabot must be scratching her head in disbelief over these subpar efforts.… Expand
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  2. BubbaY.
    Feb 1, 2005
    10
    This was a heart warming movie!
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  3. monicao
    Oct 12, 2004
    10
    This movie was so mutch fun i loved so mutch i want to see it again.
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  4. ElizabethA.
    Dec 28, 2004
    9
    I loved this movie!!! I thought that it was an excellent sequel to the first movie & it was very entertaining for people of all ages.
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  5. MichelleH.
    Aug 16, 2004
    10
    This is the best movie ever! I loved it and I can't wait until it comes out on DVD and video! I wish they would make a book after the movie!
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  6. jen
    Sep 11, 2004
    0
    I cannot believe how anyone would like this movie to give it a score over 1. Throughout the movie I was thinking "Isnt the basis story just like the other disney film, 2002's Santa Clause 2, just without the xmas theme and all the magic stuff?" In SC2 he haves to marry in like 30 days or he is not santa any more. In this movie she haves to marry or lose the crown. Another bad thing was there was absolutely no fun in the movie like the first one. Meg cabot wrote like 4 sequels and they didn't use any of those for the movie!!! This movie is embarassing for all humans everywhere. Disney, why? Anne hathaway can say and act more than just be excited and say "This is so cool" all the time. And for mr. marshall, you really screwed this one up. Why don't you just put this straight to video? At ALL costs don't see this movie. It gives chick-flicks a bad name.… Expand
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  7. Katie
    Jan 15, 2005
    10
    I think this movie was great. Doesn't matter what anyone says, I loved it. I hope they come out with another one. A even better one! great job!
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  8. MarkB.
    Jan 22, 2005
    6
    [***SPOILERS***] Britney? Eee-YEW! Mary-Kate and Ashley? DOUBLE eee-yew! Hilary? OK; needs better scripts. Mandy? Not bad; getting there. Lindsay? Terrific young actress; loved her in Freaky Friday and Mean Girls, but if she doesn't cut the tabloid party-girl stuff, she's gonna be the next Tara Reid in a couple years. So that leaves the unassuming Anne Hathaway as my favorite of the tween queens; she's charming, coltish but graceful, and sweetly sexy--and she starred in one of 2004's underrated gems: Ella Enchanted, a pop culture/ fairy tale spoof I liked more than Shrek 2. She's one of the two major selling points of The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Garry Marshall's boilerplate if-you-liked-the-first-here's-more-o'-the-same sequel to his fresher 2001 original. Hathaway is so direct and likable that she turns scenes that have the potential to be unbearably saccharine, like the orphans' parade, into something watchable. (Am I alone, though, in thinking that she was even cuter in PD1 before the contact lenses and the eyebrow work?) Then there's Julie Andrews, as Anne's royal grandmother, whose clandestine romance with Marshall favorite Hector Elizando is a highlight here--and after her throat surgery, it's a real treat to hear her sing again. I thought PD1 was more than passably pleasant largely because of Hathaway, Elizando and Andrews; despite their equally good work here I found the sequel less so because its plot and central romance were so predictable: princess-in-training Mia (Hathaway) has to get married or lose the crown, and must ultimately choose between her nice but slightly dorky betrothed (Callum Blue) and a pouty heartthrob (Chris Pine) who looks like he stepped off the cover of one of Lisa Simpson's Non-Threatening Boys magazines. There's no question that women face a glass ceiling in the business world, but men face a similar one in romances like this: in literally hundreds of movies ranging from The Strawberry Blonde to Secret Admirer to Caveman (to randomly name just three), the guy ends up with the less flashy but sweeter and more genuine option. (This happens so often that the very few deliberate exceptions, such as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Robert Altman's The Player, invariably turn into classics.) However, in female wish-fulfillment fantasies like this, the heroine almost always prefers--and gets--the vapid but hunky eye candy. I saw it coming a mile away--perhaps that's why, when I rented this out at Blockbuster, watched the first half and was interrupted by friends dropping in, I didn't get around to finishing it off until a week later, after watching 5 other movies and all 22 episodes of the Quantum Leap Season 2 DVD set I got for Christmas. (Thank God for the monthly freedom pass!) It's not that PD2 is a terrible movie by any standards, it's just that it's so inconsequential that finding out what I already knew was going to happen wasn't an overwhelming priority.… Expand
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  9. :):)
    Jan 24, 2005
    10
    I think this movie was fabulous, it makes every girl believe she is a princess. :)
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  10. jamieb.
    Jan 28, 2005
    10
    It was an awsome movie i love it!!!!!
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  11. G.M.D.K.
    Dec 24, 2004
    5
    Princess Diaries 2 was a real dissapointment. The story and dumb plots made this sequel a royal mess, but then you've got to admit its a very sweet movie with real emotions and an spectacular cast.
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  12. ChrissyD.
    Dec 26, 2004
    10
    It was... no is one of the best movies ever.
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  13. Wanker256
    Aug 16, 2004
    0
    I'm a 26 year guy so this movie was definitely not marketed towards me. But the director and writer of this movie should have at least thrown a bone or two for the non-female audience (who get dragged to these movies by their girlfriends) so that they wouldn't have to resort to gnawing their own arm to keep from convulsing. Plot? As contrived as you can possibly think of yourself. It is as if they just started making stuff up along the way. Characters? Ann Hathaway certainly has not developed as an actress since the first movie because she gives the same one dimensional performance as she did in the first movie. Julie Andrews is decent as well as the guy that plays her beau. As for the remaining actors/actresses they act in such an uninspired way that makes you want to fast forward through their dialogue. Setting/Costumes/Special Effects? All par except for the one scene at the Genovia airport which is so fake, they might as well have had Disney animators draw that in pen and ink. If you get dragged into this, you better go with this full knowledge and a burning love in your heart for your SO to subject yourself to such punishment. … Expand
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  14. BobM.
    Aug 17, 2004
    10
    I hate all the stinky poo critics who give this movie bad reviews because they are grumpy old men who can't understand a chick flick.
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  15. AlexaR.
    Aug 18, 2004
    0
    I don't even know why I saw this. I think watching the movie Baby Geniuses ten times would have been more enjoyable.
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  16. DrewH.
    Aug 26, 2004
    0
    You know to tell u the truth im impressed with this movie, i really dont know how it tricked so many people into going in to see it but i gues if you can make money off of it there is no shame in making a movie this bad.
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  17. cassie
    Sep 13, 2004
    8
    This movie was absolutly great. I loved it, It is such a good fictional story that makes every girl dream. I deffinatly think every girl should watch it! but girls leave the boys at home because most boys don't know what a good movie is!
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  18. IlzeS.
    Dec 22, 2004
    8
    The movie was good, but I expected more. Anne Hathaway is cool actress, but its all.
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Metascore
43 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 31
  3. Negative: 5 out of 31
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert K. Elder
    75
    Ends strong, in an ultimately smoother, smarter sequel.
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  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    40
    Benefits from extremely modest expectations. For it to be anything but painfully arbitrary would count as an accomplishment, so the fact that it's superficially entertaining qualifies as a minor triumph.
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    40
    Mr. Marshall, is not much of a film director. Depending on the budget, his movies look either cheap (like this one) or studio slick ("Pretty Woman"), and tend to have the same flat, presentational visual style that's familiar from most sitcoms.
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