The Princess Diaries
She rocks. She rules. She reigns.
She rocks. She rules. She reigns.
Comedy, Family, Romance
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2001
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A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.
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Runtime:
115 min
Release date:
3 Aug 2001
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$37,000,000
Revenue:
$165,335,153
Awards:
3 wins & 11 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Notions of responsibility, surrogacy, rites of passage and the value of friendship are gone through, but the highlighting of modern tropes merely serves to emphasise the film's conventionality.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
Screenwriter Gina Wendkos, working from Meg Cabot's novel, resorts to monotonous movie cliches: almost uniformly cruel classmates and a callous, cacophonous mob of media jackals.
– Bruce Westbrook,
Houston Chronicle,
21 Jul 2005
fresh:
A modest, enjoyable fairy tale that easily outcharms its animated stablemates of the past decade.
– Ed Park,
Village Voice,
7 Aug 2001
fresh:
Bumpy but endearing.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
3 Aug 2001
fresh:
A sweet movie from a sweet director.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Aug 2001