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Let me start by saying that I am a huge Anne Hathaway fan. And so it is that I found THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT all the more irksome for squandering her talents so freely with this piffle. Actually, piffle is overselling it... ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Moviecentre.net - reviews
San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
"The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement" celebrates the maturation of a young star and the enduring charm of a mature icon. Sure to captivate fans of Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews, this sequel from populist director Garry Marshall, maker of "Pretty ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
MovieFreak.com (Rachel Sexton)
Movie going audiences haven't seen the last of fairy tale-inspired films and this week one of them is released on DVD and video. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement retains the light, funny warmth of the original while adding an element of ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at MovieFreak.com (Rachel Sexton)
UpcomingDiscs.com (Michael Bell)
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is the sequel to the popular Disney feature The Princess Diaries. How is our princess (Anne Hathaway) now? Well, life isn't so easy in Gevonia. While trying to dodge Machiavellian plots and ill-suited suitors, ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Michael Bell)
Moda Magazine
chance to look at the last country in the world that is ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Moda Magazine
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
The real treat, though, is seeing Anne Hathaway come into her own as an actress. Able to play both drama and broad comedy, she really carries the film on her shoulders. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
Anyone who read my review of the original Princess Diaries DVD review would know that I enjoyed the movie. So now we have the sequel on DVD and to be honest, while I still enjoyed the performance of the leads, the story had none of the charm that made ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
The Boston Phoenix
In the first Princess Diaries, Mia Thermopolis, played by the sweetly sassy Anne Hathaway, learned that she was princess of the fictitious Genovia. The sequel, also directed by Garry Marshall, takes place five years later, with Mia a college graduate ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at The Boston Phoenix
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
The story proceeds as Princess Mia graduates college and returns to Genovia to prepare for her coronation as the time approaches for her grandmother, Queen Rinaldi, to hand down the throne. Mia is welcomed home by much of the same ensemble from the first ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Kidzworld
Princeton-graduate Mia packs up her normal life as an average American girl and moves to Genovia to begin her grand life as a princess. She hasn't changed much since we last saw her in The Princess Diaries - she's still clumsy and awkward, but is much ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Kidzworld
Film Monthly (Coco Delgado)
Not so long ago, in a kingdom pretty much right here, I picked The Princess Diaries as one of my Top Ten Movies of 2001. And I knew it seemed an odd choice, but I really liked it. Filmed in San Francisco (where my heart still beats), it showed a "real" ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Film Monthly (Coco Delgado)
MediaScreen.com
Taking place five years after the first film, Princess Mia (Anne Hathaway) has finally settled in Genovia and looks forward to romance and adventure, only to discover she's going to experience both right now! If Mia doesn't get married within one month, ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at MediaScreen.com
Entertainment Spectrum (Vince Koehler)
Follow the fun in this excellent sequel that I liked better than the original. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Entertainment Spectrum (Vince Koehler)
DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
Mia (Anne Hathaway) has been through a lot of changes in recent times, as she went from an unpopular girl at school to the heir to the throne of Genovia. She learned how to behave in royal situations, she was given a total makeover with splendid results, ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
Peter Sobczynski
Being the highly-trained professional cynic that I am, I tend to react to the appearance of a film by Garry Marshall, a guy who never met a joke too broad, an ending too sentimental or a family member he couldnât shoehorn into a bit part, in the same ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Peter Sobczynski
Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
Starts out rather awkwardly but succeeds almost in spite of itself. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
The King's Room (Clyde Ayles)
Watching P.D.2, ROYAL ENGAGEMENT" is like enjoying a sweet treat when you are on a diet. Your adult friends say "you are really seeing this movie?" And you say, I just did, and enjoyed every minute of it. Sure, it may be geared to young girls. But the ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at The King's Room (Clyde Ayles)
Chicago Tribune (Robert K. Elder)
An improvement over its inelegant original. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Chicago Tribune (Robert K. Elder)
Christianity Today (Lisa Ann Cockrel)
The larger message -- that you should marry for the right reasons only when you're ready -- is one everyone can applaud. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Christianity Today (Lisa Ann Cockrel)
Mutant Reviewers From Hell
I loved The Princess Diaries enough that I went and read the first book. And I loved that so much I read the next four, and am really getting impatient for number 6 to come out in paperback. Yes, I am a Ph.D. scientist who reads fiction aimed at ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement picks up right where the 2001 hit original left off -- not only in its story line, but in its appeal to young girls. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
TeenHollywood.com (Lynn Barker)
In The Princess Diaries 2, It's five years since we last saw Princess Mia. With her college graduate degree in diplomacy and politics in hand, Mia (Anne Hathaway) returns to her home country of Genovia to celebrate her 21st birthday. Her grandmom Queen ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at TeenHollywood.com (Lynn Barker)
Empire Magazine [UK]
A formulaic pre-teen chick flick that ladles on girlie wish-fulfilment, but is charming enough to bring out the eight year-old girl in anyone. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
Latino Review
When the first installment of Disney's "Princess Diaries" franchise became a huge box office hit, few acknowledged its biggest asset: Anne Hathaway. Though she is just as attractive and a competent actress with great potential, Hathaway is never ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Latino Review
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
The original "Princess Diaries" was cute, and probably worked better than it should, but boy, was it overlong at nearly two hours. Given that the fluffy original seemed padded, did we really need a sequel? Written by Shonda Rhimes ("Crossroads". ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
kids-in-mind
Princess Mia (Anne Hathaway) is finally settling into Genovian life, when new complications arise. Expected to take the throne as queen earlier than first planned, she learns of a law that requires her to be married prior to her coronation. With guidance ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at kids-in-mind
Comingsoon.net
Though I liked Princess Diaries 2, I think I enjoyed the previous film more. While the sequel reunites the wonderful cast and still features the excellent chemistry between Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway, it lacks the charm and spontaneity of its ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Comingsoon.net
JackassCritics.com (Mike Long)
No matter how good their track record, most seasoned filmmakers have at least one flop, be that critically, financially, or both. But, it's rare that we get to see a director meltdown right before our eyes. I've never been a big fan of Garry Marshall as ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at JackassCritics.com (Mike Long)
Pajiba (Jeremy C. Fox)
Why is it that filmmaking intended for younger viewers is so consistently lazy? Most movies made for a mass audience are full of overused plot devices and jokes creaky with age, but it seems that when the assumed viewer is younger than, say, 25 years ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Pajiba (Jeremy C. Fox)
ninth symphony films
Blanketed with the vivacity of the beautiful Anne Hathaway, The Princess Diaries 2 is far from being a film from which all audiences might find enjoyment, but like the first installment of the bubbly franchise, eight year old girls will probably find ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at ninth symphony films
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Sweet but stale sequel about a young American (Anne Hathaway) who, in preparing to ascend the throne of a small European kingdom, learns that she cannot become queen until she is married, leaving her 30 days to find a groom before she must forfeit the ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Moviehole
Garry Marshall apparently saw in young Anne Hathaway what he saw in Julia Roberts, upon casting the latter lass in "Pretty Woman". According to the director, the young star of "The Princess Diaries" had the same star quality, gorgeous looks (no arguing ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Moviehole
Crosswalk.com Movies (Annabelle Robertson)
Based on the bestselling books by author Meg Cabot, the first âPrincess Diariesâ film was widely successful, so a sequel was not a surprise. Fortunately, director Garry Marshall opted to maintain the G rating of the film by excluding profanities, ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Crosswalk.com Movies (Annabelle Robertson)
Moviepie.com
I once worked with a fortyish woman who seemed cute and with-it, but later revealed herself to be completely out of her tree. In retrospect I think I should have seen this coming the day she returned from her break and announced that she'd been laughing ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Moviepie.com
Ultimate Guide to Disney DVD
When Disney released The Princess Diaries in the summer of 2001, audiences approved and the light comedy about a girl who discovers she's royalty grossed over $100 million at the box office. As one of the studio's highest-grossing live action films of ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Ultimate Guide to Disney DVD
The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
A strange and unfortunate reaction to our viewing experience at The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement was that, even with an identical running time to the first flick, this sequel feels twice as long. Stuffed with more close ups of useless characters ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Haro Online
Although there is no real reason for its existence, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is here. And it seems to know so also, because the movie just meanders from one place to another, without anything really happening. Yes, the main target ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Haro Online
Premiere Magazine (Peter Debruge)
Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
There's a scene in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement that has Princess Mia (Anne Hathaway) of the fictional Monarchy of Genovia put on an elaborate slumber party for the princesses of the surrounding lands. It's a ridiculously extended sequence, ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is almost identical to its predecessor in tone and quality - ensuring that fans will have little to complain about. Overlong and excessively mediocre, the film does admittedly feel like a natural extension of the ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
DVD Town (Yunda Eddie Feng)
Although I liked Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews in "The Princess Diaries", I thought that the movie itself was a badly-assembled effort. Therefore, I didn´t have a driving desire to see "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement". I saw the sequel in a ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at DVD Town (Yunda Eddie Feng)
The Hindu
TWO HOURS of trying to get you go ``Awwwww... " That is Walt Disney's "Princess Diaries 2 Royal Engagement" in a nutshell. And director Garry Marshall tries every trick in the trade to make that possible â casting aww-so-cute babies to oh-so-cute cats ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at The Hindu
PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) spends the first few minutes of The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement reporting what's happened since last you saw her. As the film runs through a little montagey illustration, she says she's turning 21, newly graduated ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Reel.com DVD review (James Plath)
Just when you think Disney missed the royal barge by pitching The Princess Diaries to an audience a little older than the ones snapping up all those princess toys and accessories, along comes The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. There's a scene in ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Reel.com DVD review (James Plath)
Reel.com
Just when you think Disney missed the royal barge by pitching The Princess Diaries to an audience a little older than the ones snapping up all those princess toys and accessories, along comes The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. There's a scene in ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Reel.com
Cinema Blend
Of course what happens next wonât come as a shock to viewers over the age of 12 or anyone even remotely familiar with Marshallâs filmography. The problem with a movie like The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is that in order for it to work, the ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Cinema Blend
Cinema Blend
Garry Marshall is a director who knows how to peddle cheese. From the Oscar-nominated schmaltz of Beaches (who can forget a tearful Bette Middler singing Wind Beneath My Wings?) to the inane romantic comedy Runaway Bride, Marshall has shoveled so much ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Cinema Blend
MovieFreak.com (Rachel Sexton)
Recently, an inexplicable trend has appeared in films: sequels that are actually better than the original. Beginning last year with X2: X-Men United and continuing through to Spider-Man 2 and The Bourne Supremacy, sequels more narratively sophisticated ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at MovieFreak.com (Rachel Sexton)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Director Gary Marshall has a penchant for stretching even the thinnest of material to ridiculous extremes, and turning what should be a short diversion into something of nearly epic proportions.
He did that with the first "Princess Diaries" ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Dallas Observer (Melissa Levine)
Garry Marshall is at it again. The director of Pretty Woman, Beaches and the original Princess Diaries has returned to peddle his particular brand of überschmaltz in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, in which he disguises an insidious worship of ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Dallas Observer (Melissa Levine)
BBC Films
Hathaway admits to having some reservations about reprising her role as Princess Mia Thermopolis in a fluffy 'making of' featurette, but Marshall was able to talk her round with the assurance that, "If they don't like it, I don't care, I'll love you!" ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at BBC Films
MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Disneyâs 2001 surprise hit âThe Princess Diariesâ was a perfectly pleasant adaptation of an immensely popular book by writer Meg Cabot. Most of its charm grew from two distinct factors: The beguiling debut of star Anne Hathaway, a complete charmer ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
Little girls may be made of equal parts sugar and spice, but the movies targeted at them typically tip toward the saccharine end. Indeed, this sequel to the hugely popular The Princess Diaries strips most of the spice out of the originalâs already ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
DVD MovieGuide
This probably makes The Princess Diaries: And Baby Makes 3 an inevitability, but I hope not. The first film offered only occasional fun, as it mostly seemed flat and lifeless. The uninspired sequel canât even live up to those modest goals.
Set five ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Centerstage Chicago (Joel Wicklund)
Detroit News (Tom Long)
It's not the sweet gem the original film was. But it's still a nice shiny bauble of a movie. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
FilmStew.com (Larry Carroll)
Garry Marshall knows people. Not so much in the Rolodex sense, although you can be sure he has a fat one after more than fifty years as a TV and film writer-director-producer and occasional actor. No, weâre talking the way that those old folks at the ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at FilmStew.com (Larry Carroll)
Mediasearch, Australia
For hundreds of years, fairytales have filtered through our consciousness to involuntarily fuel our dreams. In the last century, what began as cautionary tales to lecture children have been sugarspun into a Disneyfied notion of desire. But with ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Mediasearch, Australia
Reel.com (Tim Knight)
If you're over the age of, say, thirteen, then the best, perhaps only way to enjoy The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is to get in touch with your inner pre-teen girl as the opening credits roll. Don't have one? Well, then you're in for a loooong ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Reel.com (Tim Knight)
DVD Verdict (Diane Wild)
The lovely duo of Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews created the charm of The Princess Diaries, but even they can't save the sequel. The plot, such as it is, is one we've seen a million times before. The movie is a collection of random pratfalls and ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at DVD Verdict (Diane Wild)
Slant Magazine - DVD Review
don't know what the people of the world did to deserve two Garry Marshall films in a period of five months back in 1999 (The Other Sister and Runaway Bride), but here we are again: Hot off the heels of Raising Helen comes The Princess Diaries 2: The ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Slant Magazine - DVD Review
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
It's been several years since Mia Thermopolis (ANNE HATHAWAY) learned that she was an heir to the throne of the European country of Genovia where her grandmother, Clarisse Renaldi (JULIE ANDREWS), is the current queen. Having just turned 21 and ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Fortunately, during the course of "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement" -- the sequel to the tween hit -- we learn that at least one of the above shouldn't have to hold true for the modern-day royal girl. (And you can bet she ain't gonna give up her ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
FlickFilosopher.com (MaryAnn Johanson)
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Royalty ain't what it used to be. "I hope they have string cheese," intones one aristo at a formal ball at the palace of Genovia, the very same party at which all but one of the "eligible bachelors" of the ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at FlickFilosopher.com (MaryAnn Johanson)
Plugged In
In 2001 The Princess Diaries became a surprise hit by building on the universal princess fantasies of young girls everywhere. In it, we learned that the clumsy, awkward American teenager Mia Thermopolis was none other than the long lost princess of a ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Plugged In
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
To say that this film is better than the original isn't saying much. It still has all the hallmarks of A Garry Marshall Film--clunky direction, corny comedy, insulting storytelling, an obsession with embarrassment--but there's also a rather charming ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
eFilmCritic Reviews
This is young-girl wish-fulfillment, nothing more than harmless, vicarious fairy-tale living. The 12-to-14-year-old girls who watch it will get to see their representative -- Anne Hathaway, returning as Mis Thermopolis, the dowdy teen who discovered she ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
Slant Magazine
don't know what the people of the world did to deserve two Garry Marshall films in a period of five months back in 1999 (The Other Sister and Runaway Bride), but here we are again: Hot off the heels of Raising Helen comes The Princess Diaries 2: The ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Slant Magazine
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
The delightful Anne Hathaway returns in this needless but charming sequel to the 2001 hit The Princess Diaries. Now settled in Genovia, Princess Mia (Hathaway) is poised to take over the throne when her grandmother, the queen (Julie Andrews), steps down. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
Mia lands a fiance in dependable Andrew (Callum Blue) but falls hard instead for Nicholas, putting her in a quandary of land or love. It leads to a refreshing admission of feelings between the young betrothed, yet it can't overcome a thin plot and ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
BBC Films
Being a royal isn't all it's cracked up to be. According to The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, it's so much better - an endless round of swanky balls, elegant receptions, and loyal subjects waiting in line for a regal wave. OK, so all-American ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at BBC Films
The Movie Chicks
Now that Princess Mia (Anne Hathaway) has graduated from college with a focus on international business, she returns to Genovia to prepare to run her own country - that's right, Queen Clarisse Renaldi (Julie Andrews) is stepping down to allow her ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at The Movie Chicks
Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
Blows through the better stuff quickly and settles into a routine romance. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
Entertainment Weekly (Scott Brown)
The film's generic feminism pales beside its bloated sense of privilege, only underlined by a nonstop cabaret of sideshow acts. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Scott Brown)
Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Saddled with the sort of dialogue that would fell a von Trapp. ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Director Gary Marshall does everything possible to undermine the sequel to his tremendously successful "Princess Diaries," but thanks to the maturation of star Hathaway, this second outing is a bit more bearable than the first. "Royal Engagement" (the ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Gracious, polite, beautiful, and poised,Anne Hathawayis every bit the princess she is meant to be inThe Princess Diaries 2 Royal Engagement, a Grated sequel she is far too old to be in. But like most royalty, Hathaway puts on a brave face, faces ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
Little girls may be made of equal parts sugar and spice, but the movies targeted at them typically tip toward the saccharine end. Indeed, this sequel to the hugely popular The Princess Diaries strips most of the spice out of the originalâs already ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
Guardian/Observer
More complications and escapades as the princess realises that she is being primed to marry much sooner than she ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Guardian/Observer
The Cinema Source (Sophia Boccard)
As soon as the DVD of the Princess Diary came out, I rushed to see it. I unsuccessfully made it to the theatres when it came out, but after hearing that the second was better than the first, I became determined to see it. My goodness, what a HUGE ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at The Cinema Source (Sophia Boccard)
New York Post (Megan Lehmann)
The Cinema Source (Sophia Boccard)
As soon as the DVD of the Princess Diary came out, I rushed to see it. I unsuccessfully made it to the theatres when it came out, but after hearing that the second was better than the first, I became determined to see it. My goodness, what a HUGE ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at The Cinema Source (Sophia Boccard)
Houston Chronicle
But if you're a female between the ages of 5 and 12, or if you happen to be a mother of same, you're in luck. Because this is a modest cutie-pie of a sequel. Because it strikes the same sweet-natured, slightly ditzy tone as the first film. And because ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Houston Chronicle
filmcritic.com
Howâs this for timing: Almost three years to the day after the release of the original The Princess Diaries, and on the heels of its sparkling new special edition DVD, we get the follow-up Diaries in theaters! You knew the sequel would eventually ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at filmcritic.com
The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Ready to assume her role as princess of Genovia, Mia has moved into the Royal Palace with her beautiful, wise grandmother Queen Clarisse. However, she soon learns her days as a princess are numbered--Mia's got to lose the tiara and immediately take the ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Georgia Straight (John Lekich)
Fans of Disney's Princess Diaries will no doubt recall the story of a nerdy American klutz named Mia (the lovely Anne Hathaway) learning that she was the rightful heir to the throne of Genovia. (Think Monaco crossed with one of your cheesier Swiss-themed ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Georgia Straight (John Lekich)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
You're an old-timer if you remember when Cinderella, by that name or any other, was allowed to live happily ever after.
Today we franchise her. She keeps returning to do more of the same things in sequels for theaters and sometimes just for ...read the complete Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
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