The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Super disappointed that Lilly's brother Michael doesn't stay her love interest bc that was adorable :/

It's been 5 years since Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) found out that she's princess. Mia is turning 21 and wants to succeed her grandmother Queen Renaldi (Julie Andrews) of Genovia. Viscount Mabrey (John Rhys-Davies) convinces the parliament that Mia must be married or else his nephew Nicholas Devereaux (Chris Pine) gets the throne. She is given 30 days. Mabrey convinces Nicholas to stop her at any cost. Mia hates Nicholas but the Queen invites him to stay. Mia quickly picks Andrew Jacoby (Callum Blue) to marry. He seems to be a perfectly nice guy. Joe (Hector Elizondo) is still protecting the royals. Lilly Moscovitz (Heather Matarazzo) comes for a surprise visit. Things heat up when Mia falls for Nicholas.The story has lost its innocent charms. The moments, where they try to bring back that feeling like the bow and arrow scenes, are just too fake. There is a scene where Abigail Breslin is a young orphan. It's a good moment of trying to be heart warming. The rest is a bland rom-com. I don't really like Chris Pine here no matter how hard Anne Hathaway tries to sell it. On top of it all, Genovia looks like a street in a Disney amusement park. There is too much faking going on.

I decided to try the first one from Disney as I had heard a relative amount about it, and then I saw there was a sequel with a lower rating, so I tried that too, from director Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman). Basically Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) has settled into her new life as Princess of Genovia, living in the kingdom with her grandmother Queen Clarisse Renaldi (Dame Julie Andrews). It is a tradition that the Princess should marry in order to take that crown and lead the country, this is what the mean Viscount Mabrey (John Rhys-Davies). He is sure he can get Mia to fall in love with and marry his nephew Nicholas Devereaux (Chris Pine), even when she is already engaged to boring but good-looking Andrew Jacoby (Callum Blue). Thirty days is the amount of time Mia has to decide what to do, and when she does initially decide to marry Callum, on the day, she may have second thoughts. In the end, with the Queen's permission, and the support of others in the crowd, Mia decides not to marry, and this will be that will be the future for any Princess. Also starring Hector Elizondo as Joe, Heather Matarazzo as Lilly Moscovitz Kathleen Marshall as Charlotte Kutaway, Tom Poston as Lord Palimore and The Nutty Professor's Larry Miller as Paolo. Hathaway is still reasonably charming and amusing in parts, and Andrews is still a dignified and regal support, it's just what they've been made to do that's the problem. The film is too slow and long to be the same sort of comedy as the predecessor, and the story is flat and uninteresting to care about, I dozed off three times during it, a silly sequel. Adequate!

I enjoy both of the films. I 1st watched them simply to see Julie's performance. The film is cute but flawed, NOT near perfect. Some scenes work, others drive you crazy on how cheesy they are.After the surgery that hurt Julie's ability to sing the chance to see her sing in the film Disney HAD TO RUIN TO ADD THAT RAVEN GIRL IN THE SONG JUST BECAUSE SHE HAD A SHOW ON THE Disney CHANNEL AT THE TIME. JULIE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SONG SHE COULD DO ON HER OWN. Do we need to point out Julie's Disney history? Her 1st film "Mary Poppins" won her the Oscar. The soundtrack won an Oscar & Julie sang several memorable songs. Did Disney forget this? I did NOT like Larry Miller's character in either film Hector Elizondo was good as Joe in both filmsGood, not outstanding, extras on the DVD.Songs in the film did NOTHING for me.REVIEW FOR DVD