(rated G, 115 mins.)
Finally a movie that will steal the summer box office minus special effects or vulgarity! Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is fine being the private school nobody ‘whose expectation in life is to be invisible” and she’s good at it, until her Grandmother, Queen Clarisse Renaldi (Julie Andrews) arrives from Genovia to claim Mia as her country’s reigning princess in waiting! While for most, this would be every geeky girl’s dream, for Mia it spells all kinds of trouble including “Princess lessons” with her clashing grandma. Joe (Hector Elizondo) is the Queen’s head of security and instantly Mia’s confidant especially when faced with the challenge of reluctantly excepting the responsibility or stay in the life she’s known. From Garry Marshall the director of “Pretty Woman” and “Runaway Bride” comes the sweetest coming of age story where a high school mouse can do what all teens dream of – become popular overnight. The young Anne Hathaway is stunning and lovable like a young Julia Roberts, while Julie Andrews steps into her role like she’s just stepped off “Sound of Music” with the same grace, elegance and beauty. She really is a queen. Disney delivers a real Disney classic in the making. A “Pretty Woman’ for young girls. Your heart will soar to the fairy tale ending. Your daughter will feel like a Princess with Princess Diaries!
