Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 114
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 84
Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews bring charm and elegance to the movie, but there's not enough material for them to work with in this sequel.
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 18
Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews bring charm and elegance to the movie, but there's not enough material for them to work with in this sequel.
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Directed by Garry Marshall, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement picks up where its predecessor left off -- that is, with American teenager Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) reeling over the news that she is a princess within the royal family of Genovia, a little-known European nation with a population of barely 50,000. As promised, Mia, along with her best friend, Lilly (Heather Matarazzo), travels to Genovia after their high-school graduation. The unlikely princess has hardly settled into
Aug 11, 2004 Wide
Dec 14, 2004
$95.1M
Walt Disney Pictures [us]
All Critics (123) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (86) | DVD (22)
Scenes end abruptly, laughs are as rare as yetis, and the overarching question seems to be: Can we turn this into a franchise?
Sometimes charming, sometimes a tad too silly and all the time predictable, Princess Diaries 2 gives you what you'd expect and doesn't take many chances besides allowing for the possibility that a princess might be okay without a husband.
There's not enough story in it to fill a shoebox.
Too blandly insubstantial to expand its appeal beyond its target demographic.
We all love a good fairy tale, but the enchantment is missing in this predictable sequel.
Offers enough glossy good cheer to appeal to everyone.
A fun romp for girls of all ages.
The larger message -- that you should marry for the right reasons only when you're ready -- is one everyone can applaud.
The Princess Diaries 2 is actually so trying, that I dislike the first film even more since this also illuminates the weaknesses of that one.
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is unapologetically aimed towards young girls, making this review virtually moot.
[The film] runs an insufferable two hours, leisurely chugging toward an ending most of the audience will have predicted 15 minutes in.
Princess Diaries 2 feels like one big pajama party, with even little girls invited.
If the dog covering its eyes on the DVD cover is any indication, queens weren't the only ones mortified by the Andrews/Raven duet in the film.
Saddled with the sort of dialogue that would fell a von Trapp.
No, this was way too cheesy. Anne Hathaway's carelessness was way too much. But I did liked the romantic moments which was the only part I enjoyed.
May 16, 2011
Super Reviewer
It was not even nere the first. The first was original and funny, this was not. This film was pure torture to watch, what a horrible film.
April 16, 2011
Super Reviewer
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