We all love a good fairy tale, but the enchantment is missing in this predictable sequel.
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08/11/04
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
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Reviews Counted:111
Fresh:29
Rotten:82
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: 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.
Theatrical Release:15-10-2004
Synopsis: As a teenager, ugly duckling Mia (Anne Hathaway) learned that she was actually a princess. Now that the Princess has completed college in America, she is returning to her country, Genovia. Since... [More]
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Heather Matarazzo, John Rhys-Davies
Director: Garry Marshall
Reviews for Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Good-natured but overstuffed.
08/11/04
[The movie tries] too slavishly to duplicate the original without taking it in any new directions.
08/11/04
Princess Diaries 2 has plenty of returning cast members and the same competent if bland direction. Yet why does it feel like an infomercial for the soundtrack?
08/11/04
The movie is undeniably cute. But it's also often a gooey mess, with a plot that manages to be both wearisome and preposterous (to grown-ups, that is).
08/11/04
Offers enough glossy good cheer to appeal to everyone.
08/11/04
All is Disney and cute and up.
08/11/04
Starts out rather awkwardly but succeeds almost in spite of itself.
08/11/04
Like the first film, this offers contrived preteen wish fulfillment with greeting-card sentiment and simplicity.
08/11/04
A cheesy-looking sequel to 2001's sleeper hit that lacks anything resembling genuine charm, wit, or heart.
08/11/04
It's an 8-year-old girl's fantasy of adulthood, right down to the purple-and-scarlet uniforms worn by the Genovian National Guard.
08/11/04
So lame.
08/11/04
[It's] unfair to allow grown-ups to wander into this alleged comedy without letting them know a few things first. One, that small children will be bored. Two, that they will be bored. Three: that they will be bored. Four: Zzzzzzzzzzz...
08/11/04
Though the picture is often trite and occasionally exasperating, the leading ladies give it a spoonful of sugar and a hint of enchantment.
08/11/04
A number of the goofy set pieces fall flat but tweens should be too busy swooning at midnight horse rides and bling-bling walk-in wardrobes to notice.
08/11/04
Ought to charm its loyal subjects, or at least their less demanding little sisters.
08/11/04
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.
08/11/04
Too squeaky clean to be offensive but far too long to be entertaining.
08/11/04
Still going strong at the respective ages of 69 and 68, director Garry Marshall and his singing co-star Julie Andrews are the true royal couple of this straightforward sequel.
08/11/04
It's Hollywood hokum at its most glamorous and effective.
08/11/04
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