Review of The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) by Anna C — 31 Oct 2011

I thought this movie was very good to watch on a Friday night at home. I loved this movie very much with all the character like Mia Thermopolis (played by Anne Hathaway), Queen Clarisse Renaldi's (played by Julie Andrews), and Lord Nicholas Devereaux (played by Chris Pine).

In this movie, Mia has 30 days to fall in love and married or she can not be Queen of Genovia. A little-known European nation with a population of barely 50,000. As promised, Mia, along with her best friend, Lilly (Heather Matarazzo), travels to Genovia after their high-school graduation.

The unlikely princess has hardly settled into the castle, let alone begun representing the country, when she learns that a larger title is approaching more rapidly than expected; it seems as though Mia will have to take over as queen.

Suddenly, in addition to further schooling on the etiquette of royalty, Mia finds herself with a daunting prospect -- according to Genovian law, all princesses must be married before they can be crowned.

In addition to Julie Andrews' reprisal of her role as Queen Clarisse Renaldi, The Princess Diaries 2 also features Hector Elizondo and John Rhys-Davies in supporting roles. Though Princess Diaries author Meg Cabot did pen a sequel (The Princess Diaries: Princess in the Spotlight), this film is not an adaptation as well.