The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Movie Review 2004

Princess Mia (Hathaway), still sweet and klutzy, is now a college grad and on her way to Genovia to live with grandma, Queen Clarisse (Andrews), and assume her royal duties. But Clarisse is being forced to abdicate, and ancient law dictates that Mia must marry before she can become queen and she only has 30 days to find a suitable royal consort. If she can't, sneaky Viscount Mabrey's (Rhys-Davies) plastic-handsome nephew, Nicholas (Pine), is the next rightful heir. Nicholas tries to charm Mia while she dutifully agrees to marry affable British nobleman Andrew (Blue). Hathaway's a charmer, Andrews offers class and wisdom and gets to continue her discreet romance with suave security chief Joe (Elizondo), and Matarazzo returns as Mia's acerbic best friend. There's a little too much slapstick but it's all very nice and innocent, and little princesses should be enchanted once again.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 120 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Cinderella Stories, Royalty, Otherwise Engaged, The Help: Male, Impending Retirement, Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews, Grandparents, Race Against Time, Bodyguards

Screenplay

Shonda Rhimes

Cast

Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, John Rhys-Davies, Heather Matarazzo, Chris Pine, Callum Blue, Kathleen Marshall, Tom Poston, Joel McCrary, Kim Thomson, Larry Miller, Raven, Caroline Goodall, Sean O'Bryan, Matthew (Matt) Walker, Elinor Donahue, Paul Williams

Cinematography

Charles Minsky

Director

Garry Marshall

Music

John Debney

Other

David MacMillan, Dawn Soler, Bruce Green, Adrian Gorton, Gary Jones, Albert Brenner

Producer

Debra Martin Chase, Whitney Houston, Mario Iscovich, Brownhouse Productions, Buena Vista