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The Princess Diaries (2001)

G08/03/2001Comedy, Family, Romance1h 55m
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She rocks. She rules. She reigns.

Overview

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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    Anne Hathaway

    Mia Thermopolis

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    Julie Andrews

    Queen Clarisse Renaldi

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    Heather Matarazzo

    Lilly Moscovitz

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    Caroline Goodall

    Helen Thermopolis

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    Héctor Elizondo

    Joe

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    Robert Schwartzman

    Michael Moscovitz

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    Erik von Detten

    Josh Bryant

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    Patrick John Flueger

    Jeremiah Hart

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    Sandra Oh

    Vice Principal Gupta

Good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This feels like a trope, but I'm honestly not sure if "surprise, you're royal" is a trope. Making up a country for this also feels like a special sub-trope. What I'm sure is a trope is the "She's All That" where you have a clumsy, homely girl that you turn into a beautiful, graceful desirable. The fun of cultures clashing between America and "Genovia" is fun, and a family reuniting is touching, but all the high school girl drama, all the flavors, is overdone and boring. I understand it is needed to develop Mia as a character with whi...