The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

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D R My favourite in the princess diaries franchise, it's MORE cheesey and disney-fied than the first film, but that's part of the charm! The ultimate girlie sleepover film Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/04/24 Full Review KD D I really loved the first Princess Diaries film growing up, and this one really feels like a poorly executed Diet Bridgerton for Kids. I had set the bar low on expectations, willing to have fun watching for nostalgia's sake, and it was worse than I thought. I really wasn't a fan of all the recycled jokes. They're not even fun as callbacks or references, just lazy. I felt particularly disappointed at what the filmmakers did with Lily. She has nothing to do! The Lily from the original movie would have really questioned Mia about going through with an arranged marriage rather than just being like "yay, a bachelorette sleepover party with musical guest Raven!" Then layer Mia when just... goes out to cheat on her fiancee, Lily is like "woo, yeah, go get it!" She's just been made into a cheerleader, not a friend. It just felt so out of character. The tragedy is that it feels like there was a good version of this movie that could have existed within this structure. It feels like the filmmakers just wrote this off as a goofy disposable kids' movie, barely investing any thought into it. The performances feel like they did like 1 take of each scene and just moved on. The slumber party scene felt like it belonged in a 00s Disney Channel Original Movie. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/24 Full Review Michael C Love both films and rewatching them again!!! Still ICONIC!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/30/24 Full Review alan g As bad as the first one was, this movie bottoms it. Over the top acting. Stupid plot. Should have been left on the drawing board. I am beginning to feel maybe Anne Hathaway is not such a good actor after all. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/20/24 Full Review Eye C It's ok, childish at moments, but I know that is what is meant to be… good ending. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/24 Full Review Meydiana R A disappointing and boring sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is an unneeded sequel and for adults the movie isn't very good. Mia {Anne Hathaway}, the new princess of Genovia, is ready to assume her role when she learns she may have to become queen even sooner than expected. The catch: she must get married first. With the help of her grandmother {Julie Andrews}, they begin to weed through possible candidates. I think the plot was a little weak and of course the film is predictable. The first one had a lot more charm but this sequel is rather boring. Sometimes the film is charming and that's due to its likable cast. Anne Hathaway does a great job but she can't save the film. Julie Andrews does a good job as well but her singing return was a little disappointing. Heather Matarazzo, Raven ,Larry Miller and Caroline Goodall all have small roles and they do a decent job but I think they could have left out Ravens character. Garry Marshall returns to direct and while he does a better job with this film then Raising Helen, he still could have tried harder with this one. The movie is very unrealistic as well but its a kids movie and it has a fairy tale story so it doesn't try to be realistic. There are a lot of cheesy scenes like the slumber party and most of these scenes are just not funny or enjoyable. I actually enjoyed the first one but this one was just long and not very interesting. The film is 113 minutes long but they don't have a lot of interesting material to fill the running time. The kids I saw it with didn't like it that much either also most of the funny lines are used in the trailer so it doesn't extend much past that. Rating 9/10, skip this sequel and go watch Ella Enchanted it's a lot more enjoyable. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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