The books are noted for containing many popular culture references, which include singers, movies, and fads in modern culture. Meg is still waiting for her real parents, the king and queen, to restore her to her rightful throne. [122] She ultimately credited Andrews and Hathaway's performances with saving the picture. [5] The Globe and Mail's Liam Lacey agreed that "Surprisingly little time is spent mining the comic potential of Mia's education, with the comedy rationed in favour of a tiresome amount of attention lavished on her ongoing school problems", but concluded that Marshall deserves "credit for his keen sense of historical symmetry in the perfect casting of Julie Andrews". There's a flag of Europe flying outside of the consulate building. 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The Princess Diaries is the first book in the beloved, bestselling series that inspired the feature film starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews. Michael chatting with Mia on the school roof and removing an eyelash from her face. [26] The title was reverted once the setting was changed to San Francisco, California,[27] a decision Marshall made because the latter is home to both himself and his granddaughters, to whom the film is dedicated. The Princess Diaries book. The princess Diaries was a series that I enjoyed reading when I was younger and when I saw that I missed another book I was really curious what will happen next. "[19][22], The Princess Diaries was optioned to challenge the belief that children were losing interest in live-action films targeted towards girls, and Marshall was hired specifically to make a G-rated film "edgy and crazy and maybe something the adults will like". Although she is eager to find him, she realizes it could cause a scandal and cost him the election. Directed by Garry Marshall. With his wife doing a book tour, a father of twelve must handle a new job and his unstable brood. When I was 32 years old, back in 2001 when this movie came out, I took my then 7 year old daughter to see this move. [26] Her only prior acting credit had been in the short-lived television series Get Real. [67] Most notably, actor Alan Kent, portraying a waiter,[28] delivers the same line he once delivered to Julia Roberts' character in Pretty Woman during the scene in which Mia accidentally breaks a glass. The film follows Mia Thermopolis (Hathaway), a shy American teenager who learns she is heir to the throne of a European kingdom. In the final scene, Mia is shown traveling to Genovia in a private plane with her pet cat Fat Louie, and writes in her diary that she plans to relocate to Genovia with her mother. After obtaining the film rights, Disney originally greenlit the project under the title The Princess of Tribeca, reverting it once its setting was changed from New York to San Francisco, where the majority of the film was shot between September and December 2000. [66][126] Lacey felt Mia "does a reasonable impression of a fashion model going through a geek-chic phase", comparing her to Roberts and predicting her successful film career. [80], Most of Marshall's films revolve around themes "of recognizing and embracing one's own unique qualities and gifts". Things get out of hand when the media gets a hold of the story and suddenly Mia is thrust into the spotlight in the newspapers and in school. [44] Marshall wrote Hathaway's childhood struggles with speaking while wearing a retainer into the film; the actress filmed a scene wearing the same retainer she had worn as a child. [29] Elizondo credits this with evolving his character into more than simply "a guy who drove a limo". "The Princess Diaries" is a great family/teen comedy. [23] The Washington Post contributor Kristal Brent Zook remarked that Marshall and Andrews have also "proved themselves masters of the modern fairy tale" due to both of their repertoires consisting largely of romantic, Cinderella-themed material. I'd rather have my little girl wishing she that she was heir to throne than a hooker who happens to find true love. [64] Mia recites one of Juliet's soliloquies from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a deliberate reference to the fact that Hathaway shares her full name with Shakespeare's wife. This movie could have come off as cheezy but thanks to the director and skilled actors it proved to be a real treat. [81] Asher Price, reviewing for The Denver Post, lauded Andrews' contribution while identifying Hathaway as "a good match for" the veteran actress. I was surprised by how well Anne Hathaway did in her role as Princess Mia. [89] Amy Meadows, writing for The Tech, remarked that the film would hold few surprises for anyone who has seen Cinderella, My Fair Lady, or any other fairy tale. [71] In 2014, the building was listed for sale at $2.6 million. [12] Disney's decision to have Mia's father be deceased in the film is among the most significant deviations from its source material, in which he is both alive and has an integral role. As he takes it off, Mia catches him shirtless. Read 5,672 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. 43 was used as Mia and Helen's home, located on Brazil Avenue. "[59] Moore also appreciated the fact that several most of her co-stars were similar to her in age, crediting the overall experience with setting her acting career "in motion". [27] The track was dubbed by a different song in the final edit. Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is the average teenager - sweet, a little geeky, and pretty much invisible to everyone with the exception of her mother, best friend Lilly (Heather Matarazzo) and Lilly's older brother Michael (Robert Schwartzman). [16] The Princess Diaries was filmed on Stage 2 at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California,[32] the same sound stage on which Mary Poppins, which starred Andrews in the titular role,[28] had been filmed during the 1960s. [23] The Seattle Times film critic Moira Macdonald joked that Andrews "play[s] Henry Higgins to young Anne Hathaway's Eliza". "[47] Seventeen ranked The Princess Diaries the 10th best "Best Teen Movies You Can't Grow Up Without Watching". [40] Hathaway identified with her character's struggles and personality, explaining, "Mia was very similar to the person I was in high school", describing herself as a wallflower to whom few paid attention and appreciating the opportunity to be herself in a film. ‎Watch trailers, read customer and critic reviews, and buy The Princess Diaries directed by Garry Marshall for $4.99. "The Princess Diaries" is a great family/teen comedy. [32][45][66] In addition to sharing a "Pygmalion-esque transformation story", both films share several cast members. [41][42] Hathaway's appearance and performance reminded Marshall of Julia Roberts, whom he had directed to great success in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990),[34] describing her as a fusion of Roberts and comedian Harpo Marx due to her combination of glamour and physical comedy, which he also likened to his own sister Penny Marshall. Mia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. [48] Hathaway identified "remaining true to yourself" among the film's core values, describing Mia's transformation as both emotional and psychological, in addition to physical. The previews made this movie look like the standard Disney channel fluff I occasionally have to endure. [119], Film critic Mick LaSalle, writing for SFGate, called the film superior to Marshall's Pretty Woman, going on to deem it "Marshall's best movie". [97], Disney attempted to market the film cleverly to dispel the stigma associated with G-rated films at the time. [9][13][14] Cabot recalled that Disney's decision to adapt The Princess Diaries resulted in her getting promoted at her own job, prior to which she had struggled to convince publishers to publish her novel, the content of which some found inappropriate for young readers. The Princess Diaries (Series by Meg Cabot) first book was written in 2000. She's being taught about scarves, waves, and pears in order to become a perfect Princess, she gets a makeover and a tough looking, yet sweet bodyguard and limo driver called Joe (Hector Elizondo). [9] Cabot acknowledged the challenge of adapting a 300-page novel, which she had written in the form of a diary, into a 90-page screenplay but was ultimately satisfied with the final results and Marshall's direction. (2001). [108] However, The Dove Foundation argued that family fare such as The Princess Diaries is typically 11 times more profitable than adult-oriented films, although 12 times as many R-rated films were released between 1989 and 2003. The Princess Diaries really is a win for many girls, and will always be a Disney Classic. Suddenly Mia's life is thrown into complete overload. [48] Additionally, Marshall resided in the same house that Andrews herself had rented while filming Mary Poppins,[27] having lived in the building since 1974. Reading age. [74] Hathaway tripped and fell while filming a scene in which she is walking atop bleachers during the rain,[75] but continued to recite her lines as though nothing had happened. [21] In addition to Jacobson, Disney executives Bob Iger, Richard Cook, Mark Vahradian, Chuck Viane and Oren Aviv were present, as well as actors Spencer Treat Clark, David Hasselhoff, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Michelle Trachtenberg. [79] A critic for Time Out wrote that the film discusses "responsibility, surrogacy, rites of passage and the value of friendship". [158] Cosmopolitan's Eliza Thompson wrote "Few makeover movies hold up as well as The Princess Diaries". Mia's estranged father dies, and she is visited by his mother Clarisse. [32] Hathaway explained that "Because I became so associated with The Princess Diaries ... my main [criterion] is to look for the opposite of what I last did.”[169] Hathaway commemorates the film's release date every year, thanking "the universe ... because that was the day that dreams came true for me". [63] Wendkos wrote that Miller's Paolo was deliberately written as an "over-the-top" character. Favorite movie(s) adapted from Young Adult books? [161], Bustle writer Veronica Walsingham believes that The Princess Diaries' makeover sequence distinguishes itself from similar scenes because "it's an actual makeover" involving a complete physical transformation, whereas several other films "feature a female character who is made over by ... taking off her glasses". [28], The actress was cast based on her sole audition without performing a screen test. [118] Awarding the film a B+, Entertainment Weekly film critic Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote that Marshall "directs Gina Wendkos' girl-wise script ... with avuncular affection and, by his standards, a minimum of court jestering, and he encourages moments of appropriate delirium among his large cast", highlighting Andrews and Oh's contributions and dubbing it a "charming ... production" that "gets the duckling-to-swan ambivalence just right". [12][31][15], Chase decided that, in terms of ethnicity, the film's cast would remain faithful to the novel due to Mia and Clarisse ruling a European country, and Chase preferring to "make good movies" as opposed to limiting herself to African-American films. [56] Furthermore, the actress cites Marshall as her favourite director, whose positive energy she described as unrivaled by other directors. [29] San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown portrayed himself in a cameo appearance, during which he is briefly interviewed upon arriving at the same ball. Marshall’s films may never have made him a critical darling, but his best work thrived on smile power – on both the faces of his audience and cast. Hathaway won the lead role over several established young actresses in her motion picture debut, while The Princess Diaries commemorated the end of Andrews' semi-retirement from acting and return to Disney films, her first since Mary Poppins (1964). "[56] Marshall would sometimes hold parades for the entire crew, particularly when it was a cast or crew members' birthday. [15] Several publishers had rejected Cabot's manuscript before HarperCollins showed interest in 1999, followed by Disney shortly afterward. Parents need to know that Meg Cabot ' s The Princess Diaries is the first book in a popular series. [23] Chase regards the plot as an "empowerment story", identifying "the power to be anything that you want to be" as its core message. [28] Marshall worked with Larry Miller, who portrays Mia's hair stylist Paolo,[62] to improvise humour moments, such as shrieking upon seeing Mia for the first time and drawing his styling tools from his pockets as though they are pistols. In my opinion PD is a much better role model. [56] While filming the final dance sequence, the crew played Madonna's "Like a Prayer" (1989) for the cast to dance to; multiple takes were required because the cast kept instinctively lip syncing its lyrics. [160] Total Beauty ranked the montage ninth, dubbing it the "Best Hair Movie Makeover". The princess gets an education in proper royal behavior & procedures. Unpopular among her peers, Mia suffers from a fear of public speaking while harboring a crush on Josh Bryant, and is often teased by his popular girlfriend Lana Thomas. Mia accepts, causing her to neglect Lilly and forego her plans with Michael. [127] Branding the film "a surprisingly sophisticated comedy" that avoids common teen tropes, Price enjoyed the training sequences but felt Mia's confidence is drawn solely from her physical transformation, describing the latter as "The only disturbing part of the film". Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? [28] Despite being consulted about such changes, Cabot preferred to distance herself from the creative process to preserve her own mental health in fear of compromising her vision for future novels,[15] insisting that the book and film exist in separate universes. [23] Chase elaborated, "In the beginning, Mia looks in the mirror and doesn't think she's princess material at all" but ultimately "comes to believe that she is". [130] Zacharek is also one of the few film critics to deride the leads' performances, dismissing Andrews as "so shellacked and precise ... that it makes you want to run out of the theater and roll around in the dirt". [125] Similarly, The Seattle Times' Moira Macdonald felt that the film could have done without Mia's "teen-queen makeover, which made her look alarmingly like a junior Julia Roberts", but wrote that Andrews "tucks the film into her carpet bag and walks away with it", crowning her "pure screen royalty". [56] Matarazzo was also starstruck by the opportunity to work with Andrews, whose films she had idolized as a child, and often asked for the actress' autograph. Mia's only friends are social outcast Lilly Moscovitz (who has known her since childhood) and Lilly's older brother, Michael, who secretly harbors feelings for her. [11] Cabot was thrilled to learn that Disney was interested in her book,[12] the film rights for which the studio paid her $4,000,[9] although some media outlets reported that Cabot had been offered "mid- to low-six figures". Although Mia embarrasses herself at her first state dinner, the queen admits that she found her clumsiness endearing and suggests that they spend quality time together. [23][70] The stage was later renamed the "Julie Andrews Stage" in honor of the actress' contributions. [133] Myra's song "Miracles Happen (When You Believe)" received an ALMA Award nomination for Outstanding Song in a Motion Picture Soundtrack. With Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo. [78], Andrews explained that the film is as much "about what you are inside and the responsibility and just plain old hard work that goes into being a princess" as it is "about the trappings of being a princess". With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her sixteenth year. Grade level. [73], To help Hathaway feel more comfortable on set, many of its props belonged to the actress' family. [5] Koehler criticized the film for squandering comedic opportunities by focusing on Mia's school and romantic relationships as opposed to her grandmother's training. The Queen learns to loosen up and relax. Shy high school student Mia Thermopolis resides with her mother Helen in a refurbished firehouse in San Francisco. However, I found that I actually enjoyed this movie.Garry Marshall basically redressed his PRETTY WOMAN storyline for kids. A very memorable line in this first installment of the Princess Diaries franchise. Language. [27] Unlike much of the film, which was filmed in San Francisco, the beach party sequence was filmed in Malibu. [23] Some aspects of the script were inspired by Cabot's own childhood, particularly when her mother began dating one of her teachers shortly after her father's death. Joe reminds Clarisse that Mia is still only a teenager, suggesting that the queen, as a grandmother, was too hard on her only grandchild. Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018. Mia's transformation causes her schoolmates to treat her differently, while her increasingly hectic schedule strains her relationship with Lilly. [10] Disney chairman Peter Schneider optioned the project in an "effort to re-establish the Disney brand for live-action family films". A long lost heir to the throne of Genovia has been identified as a klutzy teenager who lives in San Francisco. [53] Singer Mandy Moore was cast as Mia's school rival Lana Thomas, her first credited film role. [35] Hathaway's hair piece was nicknamed "The Beast", while her eyebrows required one hour to apply;[32] each strand of hair was glued to her brow individually. "[179] When the film was released on Netflix in 2018, the streaming service tweeted their surprise at the revelation that Houston served as a producer on the film, inspiring several Twitter users to comment the same. [44] The producers decided to kill off Mia's father in favor of expanding her grandmother's role, which they had been considering offering to Andrews from the beginning. LadyN1. Parents need to know that The Princess Diaries is a 2001 movie in which Anne Hathaway plays an unpopular 15-year-old who discovers that she is a princess in a European kingdom. Around the same time, Mia publicly humiliates Lana by smearing ice cream on her cheerleader dress at school in front of students and calling her a jerk, much to her distress and the amusement of the other students (including Lilly, who is very impressed). [28] Marshall found the unscripted incident funny and decided to retain it. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. Written by The photographs are printed in the newspaper the following day. Mia's history teacher visiting Mia's house and getting paint on his jacket. [109] According to Breuse Hickman of The Honolulu Advertiser, the last live-action film to earn a G-rating prior to The Princess Diaries was Disney's 101 Dalmatians in 1996, a live-action remake of their own 1961 animated film of the same name. Despite this I still found myself enjoying the film. Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is the average teenager - sweet, a little geeky, and pretty much invisible to everyone with the exception of her mother, best friend Lilly (Heather Matarazzo) and Lilly's older brother Michael (Robert Schwartzman). The Princess Diaries (2001) Plot. She currently lives in Key West, FL, with her husband and various cats. Title: [170] Marie Claire ranked The Princess Diaries Hathaway's second greatest film performance, describing the "SHUT UP" her character utters upon discovering she's a princess as iconic. [130], The Princess Diaries won the Young Artist Award for Best Family Feature Film - Comedy. [176], When Marshall died in July 2016,[177] several cast members paid tribute to the late director online. This film adaptation of a Roald Dahl work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood, a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father and mother. [129] Salon film critic Stephanie Zacharek reviewed the film as "so aggressively bland and inoffensive that it practically recedes from the screen". [27] The musicians perform "Blueside", one of Rooney's original songs. [148], Elite Daily contributor Alana Altmann described the film as "a bonafide fave of '90s and 2000s kids alike". 5.0 out of 5 stars A total classic! With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her sixteenth year. While bonding, Clarisse explains that although Mia's parents loved each other, they divorced amicably in order to pursue their own passions, Philippe remaining in Genovia to eventually become King, and Helen returning to America with Mia to offer her a "normal" childhood. [19] Jones worked closely with Andrews while designing Clarisse's costumes, drawing inspiration from Chanel, Bill Blass and Christian Dior. [19] Hathaway's tiara was considerably less expensive,[27] consisting of cubic zirconia as opposed to authentic jewels. Was this review helpful to you? [53] The director celebrated his own birthday while filming, during which Houston herself serenaded him with a rendition of "Happy Birthday". [79] AllMusic's Heather Phares reviewed that the album consists of mostly "slick, virtually interchangeable singles ... a few tracks, for better or worse, are particularly distinctive", and felt that the album could have benefited from more originality as the Backstreet Boys' track "What Makes You Different (Makes You Beautiful)" implies. [19], Further adjustments were made to finesse the script once the cast was finalized. [42] Matarazzo described the set as a collaborative environment, recalling that Marshall encouraged a family-like atmosphere abiding by his motto "Life is more important than show business. [151][152][153][154][155] E! [95], The official soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on July 24, 2001. The Princess Diaries (3,971) IMDb 6.3 1 h 55 min 2001 X-Ray G 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 prince of Genovia. "[9][30] Although Cabot admitted that Disney consulted with her before making changes, she described their conversations as more informative than collaborative. So other than actually honing her craft and learning from the doing, she has it all.”[40] The Princess Diaries was Andrews' first Disney film since Mary Poppins (1964), the role for which she had won an Academy Award for Best Actress 37 years prior,[28][54] and her first feature film in 15 years. Publisher. Based on Meg Cabot's 2000 young adult novel of the same name, the film was written by Gina Wendkos and stars Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews, with a supporting cast consisting of Héctor Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore, Caroline Goodall and Robert Schwartzman. 8 … But when shocking news about the death of her long-absent father arrives, Mia discovers that he was the prince of Genovia, making her a real-life princess. They remove the tent as she is semi-nude and humiliate her by calling the paparazzi, who snap photos of her covered in a towel. Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA. It’s about responsibility and obligation and decency and growing up and discovering who you are inside. [60] Marshall himself has a brief cameo during the Genovian Independence Day Ball,[27] alongside sister Penny. Unlike the first film, it is not based on any of the books. [84] Similarly, HuffPost contributor Matthew recognized the film among several "recent approaches" to the Pygmalion story. [3][8] Cabot's agent believed that the first Princess Diaries book had strong film potential,[9] and pursued film producer Debra Martin Chase, who had recently co-produced the television film Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997), about adapting the book into a film due to their similar "rags-to-riches" and "Cinderella-type" themes. Princess Mia also struggles between dating the school jock, who ignored her before she became famous and dating an unpopular guy who has been her friend for years.The story is predictable and hold no real surprises. Suddenly Mia's life is thrown into complete overload. 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