As I indicated in my review of PD-1, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed that film. Basically PD-1 combines the story lines of PRETTY WOMAN & LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. Despite the fact the story was not original the film was very good. I took my daughter to see PD-1 back in 2001 and have seen it several times since then on DVD. When PD-2 came out I suggested to my my 10 year old daughter that she and I go and check it out.
We saw it this past weekend and it turned out to be even better than PD-1. The story picks up in Genovia. The Queen, portrayed by Julie Andrews, is about to step down as Queen so that Princess Mia can assume the role. However, a challenger to the throne surfaces. He is the nephew of one of the legislative members of Genovia. John Rhys-Davies portrays the scheming Uncle who covets the throne. Hector Elizondo returns in his role as Joe, the head of security for the Queen. In order for Princess Mia to assume the throne she will have to find and marry her husband within 30 days. To sum it up. Princess Mia, has to find a husband and avoid the pitfalls that the other heir to the throne is setting up for her. She has to do all this under intense media scrutiny.
I really enjoyed this movie. It reminded me of the family movies Disney used to make back in the 1970's. Good clean fun for the whole family. There were a lot of noticeable supporting actors. Actors like Tom Poston, Larry Miller and Raven. I would have given this movie 5 out of 5 stars but I think the writers should have let Julie Andrews sing a song of her own rather than turning it into a duet with Raven. I'm sure kids, like my daughter, appreciated the addition of Raven but as an adult I felt it was hokey. So I give the film 4 out of 5 stars.
It's so nice to have a little girl to view movies like this with. If I didn't have one my macho male ego would have probably kept me from ever watching these films on my own.
We saw it this past weekend and it turned out to be even better than PD-1. The story picks up in Genovia. The Queen, portrayed by Julie Andrews, is about to step down as Queen so that Princess Mia can assume the role. However, a challenger to the throne surfaces. He is the nephew of one of the legislative members of Genovia. John Rhys-Davies portrays the scheming Uncle who covets the throne. Hector Elizondo returns in his role as Joe, the head of security for the Queen. In order for Princess Mia to assume the throne she will have to find and marry her husband within 30 days. To sum it up. Princess Mia, has to find a husband and avoid the pitfalls that the other heir to the throne is setting up for her. She has to do all this under intense media scrutiny.
I really enjoyed this movie. It reminded me of the family movies Disney used to make back in the 1970's. Good clean fun for the whole family. There were a lot of noticeable supporting actors. Actors like Tom Poston, Larry Miller and Raven. I would have given this movie 5 out of 5 stars but I think the writers should have let Julie Andrews sing a song of her own rather than turning it into a duet with Raven. I'm sure kids, like my daughter, appreciated the addition of Raven but as an adult I felt it was hokey. So I give the film 4 out of 5 stars.
It's so nice to have a little girl to view movies like this with. If I didn't have one my macho male ego would have probably kept me from ever watching these films on my own.