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The Prince and Me (2004)

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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 119
Fresh: 34 | Rotten: 85

A bland, fluffy, and predictable bit of wish fulfillment.

22

Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 25

A bland, fluffy, and predictable bit of wish fulfillment.

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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 176,810

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Movie Info

For the second time in her career, Julia Stiles plays a character romancing the Crown Prince of Denmark in The Prince & Me, a romantic wish-fulfillment fantasy from director Martha Coolidge. Far from her role as Ophelia in 2000's Hamlet, however, Stiles plays Paige, a plucky, determined college student from the Midwest who's buried in her last few semesters of pre-med studies when she meets Eddie, a brash, impudent Danish foreign-exchange student who just happens to have a mysterious partner

PG, 1 hr. 50 min.

Comedy, Romance

Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Katherine Fugate

Aug 10, 2004

$28.1M

Paramount Pictures

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All Critics (125) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (85) | DVD (13)

Paige eventually comes to a self-affirming decision, but the Danish interlude succeeds too well in making us feel her boredom.

April 6, 2004 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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... thumbs down for me ...

April 5, 2004 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Ebert & Roeper
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Nothing is new about the movie's premise, but it is entertaining all the same.

April 2, 2004 Comment
Washington Post
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Bland and immediately disposable.

April 2, 2004 Comment
Washington Post
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Even its pre-teen audience could use a bit more quirkiness and a little less formula.

April 2, 2004 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
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The sound you hear is the death rattle of the women's movement.

April 2, 2004 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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Good acting saves unoriginal Cinderella story.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

...generally remains a cut above the majority of its contemporary romcom brethren - with the dreaded fake break-up handled particularly well (the second fake break-up is kind of pushing it, though).

April 26, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

A Royal Letdown.

December 31, 2004 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

the script and Martha Coolidge direction are so play-it-safe formulaic that the film lacks fairy-tale luster. It's as predictable as an Elvis movie-without the music.

August 12, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

As pleasing as The Prince & Me can be, director Martha Coolidge's film delivers nothing to advance the genre.

August 8, 2004 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

Director Martha Coolidge provides a thorough, sincere commentary, and she has plenty to say about the production.

August 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

This attempt at a modern-day Cinderella story is about as PC as a Career Girl Barbie and disappoints due to poor structure, flimsy characterisation and insufficient wit to distract from the above.

July 20, 2004 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

Julia Stiles is sweet in this charming, but unfulfilling, rom-com.

July 20, 2004 Full Review Source: FilmFocus | Comment

A woeful and predictable outing for Cinders and an impossibly twitty prince

July 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Times [UK] | Comment
Times [UK]

A shallow exercise in wish-fulfilment that wants to have its royal wedding cake and eat it too.

July 12, 2004 Full Review Source: BBC | Comment
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Audience Reviews for The Prince and Me

The best was this one. The rest are horrible and missing Julia Stiles big time.

June 24, 2011
murphmann93
Bethany Murphy

Super Reviewer

I just didn't get it. Not princessy enough for me (barely any scenes in the royal palace!), but not high school enough either. It's just a lot of Julia Stiles rehashing 10 Things I Hate About You and that other dude not being as charming as Heath Ledger.

June 4, 2007
jennifxu

Super Reviewer

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