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The Prince & Me 2 - The Royal Wedding

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(17)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(27)

 

 

As a fan of the original Prince & Me this sequel has to be one of the worst ever made. Aside from the talented Luke Mably (who clearly looks uncomfortable in his reprised role as Prince Edvard of Denmark) the rest of the cast and the whole plot of the film is hideous. The actress portraying Paige (Kam Hesketh)lacks any depth and refinement that Julia Stiles brought to the role in the first film. In this sequel some ancient law prohibits Edvard from marrying Paige. Enter some poor Norwegian royal and his ditzy daughter Princess Kirsten who wants to marry Edvard and become Queen of Denmark. In the role of Zoren (The Prince's assistant) Jonathan Firth manages to retain some of the dignity that Ben Miller created, but Maryam D'Abo's Queen Rosalind looks more like a well worn socialite from the Cape and the King has suddenly transformed into a bald and bearded old man. There is no Arabella (Edvard's sister)and Paige's parents are totally miscast. I cannot understand why this follow-up was ever made since Luke Mably is the only returning cast member. This film went straight to DVD so the studio will never recoupe their losses for this turkey.

The only original cast member present is the Prince (Luke Mably) and while he is enjoyable to watch, the chemistry isn't there with this "Kam" person. Julia Stiles brought a down to earth quality to the role, which was what it was meant to be. This new girl is a terrible actress and on top of that, she has this prissy looking curly do throughout the film. Paige is supposed to be a down to earth, no nonsense girl, who is a med student and would never wear such a prissy hairstyle. The Prince's sister is completely absent in the family. The mother doesn't have the same regalness about her as the original actress and the father is looking in top shape when supposedly he stepped down due to health reasons, so Edvard could take the throne. This is just awful. Don't waste your money.

You just saw the Prince and Me, and with magic in your eyes you want more, well, you are not going to find it here in this straight to video horror.

The scene where the Prince's future wife walks into a room of the worst computer animated butterflies should have been hint enough but there is more...

First you wonder where the rest of the cast has gone, not even the minor, minor characters have returned for a reprise (except the poor Prince).

The plot is not worthy of a movie of the week. It is the typical "We must prevent a commoner from ascending to throne."

Trust me, put the first one back in the DVD player and lets pretend it just did not happen. Watch it and you will be royally sore.

I loved the first "Prince and Me" and was sad to see that Julia Stiles did not return for the sequel. I didn't expect much from the movie after having read some of the reviews but "Prince and Me 2" really isn't as bad as it is made out to be. You cannot compare it to the first film because the first film did have more going for it - a bigger budget, more experienced director and screenwriters, more talented cast (Julia, James Fox, Miranda Richardson and Ben Miles sadly do not return), better script and higher production values.

"Prince and Me 2", however, isn't totally devoid of charm. Luke Mably is back and still as handsome as ever. His character IS more serious and more grown up - after all, he is king now. Kam Heskin (who I did like in the modern day "Pride & Prejudice") replaces Julia as Paige Morgan and does what the script demands of her. The always likeable Jonathan Firth (Colin's brother) is a fair replacement for Ben Miles as Soren eventhough his role is fairly small. Clemency Burton-Hill is quite good as the conniving Princess Kirsten and the majority of locations from the first film are back in the sequel.

Instead of the romantic drama that "Prince & Me" was, this version is more of a romantic comedy. In fact, I couldn't help comparing it to "The Princess Diaries 2" somehow. After all, this film is about a nobleman relative who introduces a 'complication' to the royal succession and brings forward his younger relative (his daughter) as a more suitable wife to the prince. "TPD 2" is very similar except that the nobleman puts forward his younger relative (his nephew) as a more suitable successor to the throne.

This film has its faults, of course. There are a few scenes that are a tad silly or corny (several comedies are guilty of this, unfortunately). The actors in this film simply do not have the experience and talent that the first film had. The screenplay could use some work. I also agree that though Kam Heskin's Paige is not bad, this Paige is just not the same intelligent, ambitious, down-to-earth and no-nonsense Paige that we fell in love with in the first film. I really wish the filmmakers made more of an effort to follow the story thread and characterizations of the first film.

All this aside, I still liked this sequel to "Prince and Me." It was nice to see Paige and Prince Edvard's relationship reach its conclusion and Luke Mably is always a pleasure to watch. If you like romantic comedies with the sort of slapstick humor that "Princess Diaries 2" or "Ella Enchanted" have, for instance, then this movie is worth a watch. Lower your expectations and don't expect it to be exactly like the first "Prince and Me" and you won't be disappointed.

I hadn't even realized that there were plans to make a sequal, I happened to stumble acrossed this film while purchasing another movie. At first I was excieted because I am a self proclaimed royalty acholic and I enjoy finding any film or show royalty related. This however was the biggest disappointment since the last Princess Diaries book came out. It was more like a satire of the first film than a sequal, resorting to slap stick acting and totally unrealistic scenario's. Worst of all, the wedding dress and tiara, they looked like she ran to the local mall and picked them out. Last time I checked Denmark had a nice jewelry collection, they weren't going to let the future queen wear something at least real? There are some Danish fashion houses I'm sure who would have made that poor girl an original dress so she wasn't stuck with one right off the rack. Utterly disappointing at best.

i cant believe this. i loved the first one but what was this!? the new girl was just dumb, her parents were a complete joke. they looked absolutely NOTHING like the first one. oh and i thougth edvard's dad was dying? all a sudden in the second movie he not only was in perfect health... but grew his hair back! and soran was the only half decent character... besides edvard... who was also a big flop. he didnt have the same personality AT ALL..... DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE! it almost ruins the first one. i just finished the second one and now im going to haft to watch the first one over.... just so i feel a little better. YUCK!

This was terrible...I like cutesy movies, but this was just bad. First of all, they only had like one repeat actor and all the new replacments were NOT as good. The plot wasn't that bad, but they played it out all for comedic effect and it was not enjoyable. I fast forwarded through many parts. There were lots of slap-stick comedy moments and none of them were really worth it. This movie could have been good...the plot wasn't that bad, but the actors were not up the movie, the script was trite and they went for every bad joke and pun. So I definitely recommend skipping this movie. I should have known it was bad when I hadn't seen anything about it before seeing it in the video store.

I was hoping for a movie that was similar to the first, which was, of course, excellent. I was terribly disappointed, however. Luke Mably is the only actor from the original movie. The movie was seriously lacking without Julia Stiles, Ben Miller, and Miranda Richardson. It just wasn't the same. The plot had some potential, but still, it fell short.

All in all, it did keep me watching, but I really was hoping for more.

Loved the first movie, hated the second one! No charisma, no charm, no chemistry, just a lot of badly cast actors going through the motions with little to no interest in their jobs, mouthing bland, predictable dialogue guaranteed to put you to sleep.

Hard to blame them, though, when the writers didn't even seem to know what they were doing. The Prince is now the King, yet his father (who died in the first movie) is right there next to his mother in several scenes, the kid sister seems to have disappeared, etc.

The 1 rating is only because of the eye candy...the castle interior scenes were at least visually interesting. Other than that, this movie is a complete bust. It adds NOTHING to the first movie but a waste of your time. Others recommend renting rather than buying....I say why bother?

What a disappointment! What a terrible sequel! True, most sequels can't hold a candle to the original but they are at least enjoyable to watch. The whole time I watched this movie I stayed confused. You would think the writers would stay true to the original but they did not. First off, "Paige" was not even "Paige." This Kem girl was not down to earth and practical like Julia Stiles was in the first one. Julia brought this "simple" yet beautiful look to the role of Paige - easy to see her become queen. The new Paige was just plain ditzy! Second, the king seemed to be knocking on deaths door in the first movie, but was miraculously healed in this one! The queen wasn't regal, Edvard's sister was non existent - along with Paige's bothers, and when Paige's parents came to the wedding they weren't even right. What a terrible movie!! My daughter and I loved the first one - this one was just plain awful! Don't waste your money or time! This movie was a whole spin off of Princess Diaries II - but at least that movie was entertaining, as this one was not!!!