This charming, if unnecessarily coronation-length production gets the duckling-to-swan ambivalence just right.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
This stylish Disney production is an ideal family film.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
Isn't always perfect. But it fills an empty spot in the hearts of girls of all ages who have been pining all summer for a movie like this.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
Fitfully amusing comedy from director and one-time sitcom king Garry Marshall, the fantasy is alive and well among little girls of all ages.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Ed Park
A modest, enjoyable fairy tale that easily outcharms its animated stablemates of the past decade.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
The movie updates Disney's blueprint without altering it in any meaningful way.Read Full Review »
Unfortunately, the filmmakers seem to have forgotten that comedy is a requisite feature in a comedy.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
The extent to which The Princess Diaries succeeds is the result of how pretty Hathaway at first mimics, then internalizes, Andrews' essential majesty.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
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.Read Full Review »