| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is a high school kid in San
Francisco. Even though she's not the most popular girl in class, she's
hardly tormented, and is exposed to a culture that most kids in the
world would envy. She is blessed with a stroke of even...more |
| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by John Sylva (Rating: B-) |
| Considering months of problems with executives and disappointment
after disappointment at the box office, it's no surprise that the Disney
Mouse House has turned to a piece of live-action, not (yet) franchised
entertainment. Backed by the...more |
| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 4/10) |
| PLOT:
A clumsy, nerdy 15-year old girl with glasses and little confidence in herself
is told by her grandmother that she is actually the princess of a small European
country called Genovia. She must then decide whether or not she wants to accept
this new...more |
| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 6) |
| Susan Granger's review of 'THE PRINCESS DIARIES" (Disney)
The real significance of this formulaic, mildly amusing story about
an awkward teen who is horrified to discover that she's really royalty is its
success at the box-office. It opened...more |
| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 0/4) |
| How could a G-rated Disney film based on Meg Cabot's novel "The Princess
Diaries" be anything but cute, harmless fun? Easy. Take all the cute,
harmless fun out of it. And while you're at it make it borrr-ring. That's
what director Garry Marshall,...more |
| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by Dustin Putman (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| Directed by Garry Marshall.
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Heather Matarazzo, Hector Elizondo,
Caroline Goodall, Robert Schwartzman, Mandy Moore, Erik Von Detten, Sandra
Oh, Kathleen Marshall, Patrick Flueger, Terry Wayne, Larry Miller.
2001 -...more |
| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by Pete Croatto (Rating: 2.5/5) |
| Anne Hathaway is a gorgeous, young woman with a gentle screen charisma.
It's hard to believe she will turn 19 this fall; she looks and presents
herself like a woman who knows all the answers. more |
| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Garry Marshall really, really wants to make his Pretty Woman again. And why
wouldn't he? The Cinderella update was the last hit he had, even though it
was pure drivel. Marshall tried to recreate the smelly magic via the
re-teaming of Julia and Richard...more |
| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Garry Marshal
Writer: Gina Wendkos, novel by Meg Cabot
Cast: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Heather
Matarazzo, MandyMoore, Caroline Goodall, Robert
Schwartzman, Terry Wayne more |
| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| The Princess Diaries (2001) 2 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Anne
Hathaway, Julie Andrews Carolind Goodall, Hector Elizondo, Heather
Matarazzo, Robert Schwartzman and Sandra Oh. Screenplay by Gina Wendkos.
Based on the novel by Meg Cabot. Directed by Garry...more |
| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| Disney's THE PRINCESS DIARIES, directed by Garry Marshall (RUNAWAY BRIDE and
PRETTY WOMAN), is a charming, G-rated throwback to a more innocent time at the
cinema, when movies were filled with humor that the whole family could laugh at
without a trace of...more |
| The Princess Diaries Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C) |
| 15-year old Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway, TV's "Get Real") is 'invisible.'
Her hair is a frizzy nightmare, she's lousy at sports, public speaking makes
her physically ill and her own Vice Principal (Sandra Oh, "Last Night")
greats her as 'Lilly's...more |
