Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Her best friend Lilly also joins her for the summer. Mia continues her 'princess lessons'- riding horses side-saddle, archery, and other royal. But her complicated life is turned upside down once again when she not only learns that she is to take the crown as queen earlier than expected...
Too blandly insubstantial to expand its appeal beyond its target demographic.
– Joe Leydon,
Variety,
11 Aug 2004
rotten:
There's not enough story in it to fill a shoebox.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
11 Aug 2004
rotten:
Lumpish excuse for a contemporary fairy tale.
– Ella Taylor,
L.A. Weekly,
12 Aug 2004
rotten:
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.
– Sara Gebhardt,
Washington Post,
13 Aug 2004
rotten:
Scenes end abruptly, laughs are as rare as yetis, and the overarching question seems to be: Can we turn this into a franchise?