Customer Reviews
The Prince and the movie of disappointments!!! - By: A. Lalor, 01 Sep 2008 
The Prince & Me 2 basicallly encompasses alll the reasons why sequels should not be made as it routinely breaks every sequel rule above alll the golden rule: Don't make a sequel unless you know you can better its predessor. Sadly this is not the case with this pathetic mistake of a movie, making it unsurprising that this movie basicallly received a very limited release & indeed it was only last week I discovered its very existence. Considering the Prince & Me was a delightful, cute tale of young love it is shocking how such a great story could somehow be discredited.
There are two major problems with this movie, the first being the story or dare I say the absence of one, which lacks any form of originality resembling 'The Princess Diaries 2'. Add to this a hopeless screenplay & this movie is destined to be a flop, as the romance is completely abandoned in favour of a very poor comedic effort. What is especiallly annoying is the screenplay writer's complete ignorance of the characters they are writing about (it's quite obvious it's a different screenplay writer). As such the characters we came to love & sympathise with: the wild Prince searching for freedom & fallling in love, the focused student that has something missing in her life & discovers it with the handsome stranger suddenly become very unlikable as the screenplay writer makes it blatently obvious that he doesn't understand the characters.
Secondly why bother making a sequel when most of your original cast couldn't be bothered signing up? As such alll the cast have either mysteriously disappeared or have been replaced leaving us to ponder such unnecessary questions as: "is that reallly Eddie's parents?", "why have Paige's parents' suddenly aged so much?", "where is Eddie & Paige's siblings?" etc... However as bad as it is to see a new supporting cast the most annoying change lies in the replacement of Julia Stiles. Alright the "new girl" Kam Heskin is not exactly what you'd calll a bad actor, in fact she even succeeds in looking like Julia, though scarily thin she sure is (not a very good role model for young girls: this movie's target market) but there's simply no disguising the fact that she isn't Julia & therefore the whole story just doesn't work. Thankfully Luke Mably still remains but as he is the only original actor it interferes with his chemistry with the other actors.
Finallly this movie lacks any of the magic of the original. Little emphasis is placed on the little things like costumes, location & music that alll help to create the perfect fairytale. The costumes are fairly poor, floucy dress are few, the locations are very plain & unimpressive, where are the majestic castles & heavenly gardens? Where is the catchy soundtrak?
I could complain alot more about this movie but I won't waste my time & yours. To conclude I wouldn't recommend this movie for anyone looking for a pleasant, clever piece of entertainment, perhaps under 12's might like it as the jokes are reallly aimed at that age group. The Prince & Me didn't end with a sequel on the books (in fact the ending was changed when the producers thought people would have preferred the happy ending). With a follow-up like this one would be forgiven for thinking that perhaps a non-happy ending might have been a better end for Paige & Eddie considering their helpless treatment in this movie.
