Anne Hathaway, Caroline Goodall, Erik von Detten

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, w...( read more  read more... )ho, 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. While Mia makes up her mind, she's pressed into taking princess lessons from her grandmother.

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71% liked it

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47% liked it

111 critics

G, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Garry Marshall

Release Date: December 31, 2001

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DVD Release Date: December 18, 2001

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  • November 3, 2008
    This movie is so cute.
  • July 5, 2008
    Won't you love to be a Princess....well nvm it might kinda suck
  • April 30, 2008
    Three things:

    1) Cheesy and stilted.
    2) Horrific teenybopper soundtrack.
    3) Heather Matarazzo needs to branch out.
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • January 3, 2008
    Anne Hathaway is brilliant as Princess Mia
  • November 6, 2009
    It is really really a sweet movie
  • November 5, 2009
    hella good and hella funny
  • October 30, 2009
    So hilarious! The books were incredibly funny, as well! Meg Cabot is such an excellent writer =) Fat Louie was supposed to be ORANGE!!!!!!! Lol
  • October 30, 2009
    I did kinda enjoy watching this movie on t.v.
  • October 29, 2009
    Now this is a teenage girly film...

Critic Reviews


August 3, 2001
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Bumpy but endearing. full review

August 3, 2001
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

A sweet movie from a sweet director. full review

August 3, 2001
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

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. full review

August 3, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The Princess Diaries is a march through the swamp of recycled ugly duckling stories, with occasional pauses in the marsh of sitcom cliches and the bog of Idiot Plots. full review

August 2, 2001
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

So aggressively bland and inoffensive that it practically recedes from the screen. full review

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Comments


  • priscasikaindo
    September 30, 2009
    I loved every bit of it,an amazing.
  • shannongagirl
    July 19, 2009
    LOVE IT WAS FUN
    ME AND THE KIDS WATCH IT A DOZEN TIMES
  • hazEEL
    June 30, 2009
    i love it,,
  • thesilverhorseshoe
    April 7, 2009
    y didnt they make the movies mor lik the books? i am reading the books and i think i like the books better. not tht the movies rn't good but still...
  • californiawhitecat
    June 3, 2008
    I love this movie because its interesting and funny.[:)]
  • nbhatti4000
    May 20, 2008
    i liked it
  • wongphoebelee
    January 18, 2008
    Its a romantic n funny movie...
    I Really Like It!!!!
  • imapepper01
    November 28, 2007
    Really cute, but the books are wayyyy better.
  • damascorpion
    November 14, 2007
    i am running short of words.in short the film is so interesting so much that i can watch for the days of my life
  • codillia2007
    November 14, 2007
    i love it so much that i can die 4 it because it is so interesting

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