Opens
Friday, April 2
Add to the swelling number of movie fantasies involving European royalty or presidential first daughters a movie called "The Prince & Me," an unremarkable romantic comedy that gives short shrift to both romance and comedy. What is remarkable here is that a) it took four writers to map out such an innocuous, derivative tale, and b) not one came up with a new wrinkle on the tired situation.
Paramount needs to ride the popularity of young actress Julia Stiles hard even to see average boxoffice returns on this lame fantasy manufactured for adolescent and teenage females. Certainly when your major action sequence involves lawn mower racing, you have pretty much written off any male interest, no matter what the age.
Stiles plays Paige Morgan, a superserious pre-med student at the University of Wisconsin whose goal in life is to get into Johns Hopkins University. When she graduates from there, the selfless young woman intends to deliver medical care to the world's underprivileged. Likable British actor Luke Mably plays Eddie, who is actually Edvard Valdemar, crown prince of Denmark. He enrolls at UW under the influence of a "Girls Gone Wild" video shot on campus. When he graduates, he intends to continue racing sports cars and creating more scandals involving young women. In Hollywood terms, these two are made for each other.
They meet cute -- if you think a man asking a woman he doesn't even know to show him her breasts is "cute" -- develop an initial animosity in chemistry class, then somehow, perhaps in a scene cut from the final print, fall in love.
When she gets over the shock that Eddie isn't just a pain but a royal pain, Paige pursues the prince back to Denmark, forgetting momentarily about doing good deeds in the Third World. Having spent a Thanksgiving at the Paige family's dairy farm, Eddie now gets to give the daughter the royal treatment in Copenhagen, which means a daily schedule of photo ops and banquets.
The queen (Miranda Richardson), at first horrified that an American commoner may become Denmark's next queen, discovers that the exposure of her playboy son to Paige for less than a semester has transformed him into a sophisticated political operative who can negotiate deals between the country's labor unions and corporate interests while his ailing dad (James Fox) lies in bed. Which brings the fairy tale to its Crisis of Conscience: Paige must choose between delivering medical care in El Salvador and having tea and crumpets with visiting royalty in Denmark.
The two young actors are game, but director Martha Coolidge and her writers offer no opportunities to display any wit or charm. The thundering dullness of the story defeats their exuberance. Consequently, most of the laughs fall to Ben Miller, who plays Eddie's much-abused personal secretary-cum-valet. Of the British-accented royal family, Richardson has her knickers in a twist most of the time, while Fox looks understandably confused as the script has him alternately on his death bed and gliding through glittery receptions.
Technical credits are pro on a production shot largely in Toronto and the Czech Republic. This includes Alex Nepomniaschy's bright lensing that uses much effective back lighting, Jennie Muskett's bubbly score and the fine use of storybook locations in castles and Baroque estates near Prague.
THE PRINCE & ME
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures in association with Lions Gate Entertainment presents a Sobini Films production
Credits:
Director: Martha Coolidge
Screenwriters: Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Katherine Fugate
Story by: Mark Amin, Katherine Fugate
Producer: Mark Amin
Executive producers: Cami Winikoff, Robin Schorr
Director of photography: Alex Nepomniaschy
Production designer: James Spencer
Music: Jennie Muskett
Co-producer: Jeffrey Lampert
Costume designer: Magali Guidasci
Editor: Steven Cohen
Cast:
Paige Morgan: Julia Stiles
Prince Edvard: Luke Mably
Soren: Ben Miller
Queen Rosalind: Miranda Richardson
King Haraald: James Fox
Amy Morgan: Alberta Watson
Ben Morgan: John Bourgeois
Princess Arabella: Eliza Bennett
Running time -- 111 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Friday, April 2
Add to the swelling number of movie fantasies involving European royalty or presidential first daughters a movie called "The Prince & Me," an unremarkable romantic comedy that gives short shrift to both romance and comedy. What is remarkable here is that a) it took four writers to map out such an innocuous, derivative tale, and b) not one came up with a new wrinkle on the tired situation.
Paramount needs to ride the popularity of young actress Julia Stiles hard even to see average boxoffice returns on this lame fantasy manufactured for adolescent and teenage females. Certainly when your major action sequence involves lawn mower racing, you have pretty much written off any male interest, no matter what the age.
Stiles plays Paige Morgan, a superserious pre-med student at the University of Wisconsin whose goal in life is to get into Johns Hopkins University. When she graduates from there, the selfless young woman intends to deliver medical care to the world's underprivileged. Likable British actor Luke Mably plays Eddie, who is actually Edvard Valdemar, crown prince of Denmark. He enrolls at UW under the influence of a "Girls Gone Wild" video shot on campus. When he graduates, he intends to continue racing sports cars and creating more scandals involving young women. In Hollywood terms, these two are made for each other.
They meet cute -- if you think a man asking a woman he doesn't even know to show him her breasts is "cute" -- develop an initial animosity in chemistry class, then somehow, perhaps in a scene cut from the final print, fall in love.
When she gets over the shock that Eddie isn't just a pain but a royal pain, Paige pursues the prince back to Denmark, forgetting momentarily about doing good deeds in the Third World. Having spent a Thanksgiving at the Paige family's dairy farm, Eddie now gets to give the daughter the royal treatment in Copenhagen, which means a daily schedule of photo ops and banquets.
The queen (Miranda Richardson), at first horrified that an American commoner may become Denmark's next queen, discovers that the exposure of her playboy son to Paige for less than a semester has transformed him into a sophisticated political operative who can negotiate deals between the country's labor unions and corporate interests while his ailing dad (James Fox) lies in bed. Which brings the fairy tale to its Crisis of Conscience: Paige must choose between delivering medical care in El Salvador and having tea and crumpets with visiting royalty in Denmark.
The two young actors are game, but director Martha Coolidge and her writers offer no opportunities to display any wit or charm. The thundering dullness of the story defeats their exuberance. Consequently, most of the laughs fall to Ben Miller, who plays Eddie's much-abused personal secretary-cum-valet. Of the British-accented royal family, Richardson has her knickers in a twist most of the time, while Fox looks understandably confused as the script has him alternately on his death bed and gliding through glittery receptions.
Technical credits are pro on a production shot largely in Toronto and the Czech Republic. This includes Alex Nepomniaschy's bright lensing that uses much effective back lighting, Jennie Muskett's bubbly score and the fine use of storybook locations in castles and Baroque estates near Prague.
THE PRINCE & ME
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures in association with Lions Gate Entertainment presents a Sobini Films production
Credits:
Director: Martha Coolidge
Screenwriters: Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Katherine Fugate
Story by: Mark Amin, Katherine Fugate
Producer: Mark Amin
Executive producers: Cami Winikoff, Robin Schorr
Director of photography: Alex Nepomniaschy
Production designer: James Spencer
Music: Jennie Muskett
Co-producer: Jeffrey Lampert
Costume designer: Magali Guidasci
Editor: Steven Cohen
Cast:
Paige Morgan: Julia Stiles
Prince Edvard: Luke Mably
Soren: Ben Miller
Queen Rosalind: Miranda Richardson
King Haraald: James Fox
Amy Morgan: Alberta Watson
Ben Morgan: John Bourgeois
Princess Arabella: Eliza Bennett
Running time -- 111 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Opens
Friday, April 2
Add to the swelling number of movie fantasies involving European royalty or presidential first daughters a movie called "The Prince & Me," an unremarkable romantic comedy that gives short shrift to both romance and comedy. What is remarkable here is that a) it took four writers to map out such an innocuous, derivative tale, and b) not one came up with a new wrinkle on the tired situation.
Paramount needs to ride the popularity of young actress Julia Stiles hard even to see average boxoffice returns on this lame fantasy manufactured for adolescent and teenage females. Certainly when your major action sequence involves lawn mower racing, you have pretty much written off any male interest, no matter what the age.
Stiles plays Paige Morgan, a superserious pre-med student at the University of Wisconsin whose goal in life is to get into Johns Hopkins University. When she graduates from there, the selfless young woman intends to deliver medical care to the world's underprivileged. Likable British actor Luke Mably plays Eddie, who is actually Edvard Valdemar, crown prince of Denmark. He enrolls at UW under the influence of a "Girls Gone Wild" video shot on campus. When he graduates, he intends to continue racing sports cars and creating more scandals involving young women. In Hollywood terms, these two are made for each other.
They meet cute -- if you think a man asking a woman he doesn't even know to show him her breasts is "cute" -- develop an initial animosity in chemistry class, then somehow, perhaps in a scene cut from the final print, fall in love.
When she gets over the shock that Eddie isn't just a pain but a royal pain, Paige pursues the prince back to Denmark, forgetting momentarily about doing good deeds in the Third World. Having spent a Thanksgiving at the Paige family's dairy farm, Eddie now gets to give the daughter the royal treatment in Copenhagen, which means a daily schedule of photo ops and banquets.
The queen (Miranda Richardson), at first horrified that an American commoner may become Denmark's next queen, discovers that the exposure of her playboy son to Paige for less than a semester has transformed him into a sophisticated political operative who can negotiate deals between the country's labor unions and corporate interests while his ailing dad (James Fox) lies in bed. Which brings the fairy tale to its Crisis of Conscience: Paige must choose between delivering medical care in El Salvador and having tea and crumpets with visiting royalty in Denmark.
The two young actors are game, but director Martha Coolidge and her writers offer no opportunities to display any wit or charm. The thundering dullness of the story defeats their exuberance. Consequently, most of the laughs fall to Ben Miller, who plays Eddie's much-abused personal secretary-cum-valet. Of the British-accented royal family, Richardson has her knickers in a twist most of the time, while Fox looks understandably confused as the script has him alternately on his death bed and gliding through glittery receptions.
Technical credits are pro on a production shot largely in Toronto and the Czech Republic. This includes Alex Nepomniaschy's bright lensing that uses much effective back lighting, Jennie Muskett's bubbly score and the fine use of storybook locations in castles and Baroque estates near Prague.
THE PRINCE & ME
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures in association with Lions Gate Entertainment presents a Sobini Films production
Credits:
Director: Martha Coolidge
Screenwriters: Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Katherine Fugate
Story by: Mark Amin, Katherine Fugate
Producer: Mark Amin
Executive producers: Cami Winikoff, Robin Schorr
Director of photography: Alex Nepomniaschy
Production designer: James Spencer
Music: Jennie Muskett
Co-producer: Jeffrey Lampert
Costume designer: Magali Guidasci
Editor: Steven Cohen
Cast:
Paige Morgan: Julia Stiles
Prince Edvard: Luke Mably
Soren: Ben Miller
Queen Rosalind: Miranda Richardson
King Haraald: James Fox
Amy Morgan: Alberta Watson
Ben Morgan: John Bourgeois
Princess Arabella: Eliza Bennett
Running time -- 111 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Friday, April 2
Add to the swelling number of movie fantasies involving European royalty or presidential first daughters a movie called "The Prince & Me," an unremarkable romantic comedy that gives short shrift to both romance and comedy. What is remarkable here is that a) it took four writers to map out such an innocuous, derivative tale, and b) not one came up with a new wrinkle on the tired situation.
Paramount needs to ride the popularity of young actress Julia Stiles hard even to see average boxoffice returns on this lame fantasy manufactured for adolescent and teenage females. Certainly when your major action sequence involves lawn mower racing, you have pretty much written off any male interest, no matter what the age.
Stiles plays Paige Morgan, a superserious pre-med student at the University of Wisconsin whose goal in life is to get into Johns Hopkins University. When she graduates from there, the selfless young woman intends to deliver medical care to the world's underprivileged. Likable British actor Luke Mably plays Eddie, who is actually Edvard Valdemar, crown prince of Denmark. He enrolls at UW under the influence of a "Girls Gone Wild" video shot on campus. When he graduates, he intends to continue racing sports cars and creating more scandals involving young women. In Hollywood terms, these two are made for each other.
They meet cute -- if you think a man asking a woman he doesn't even know to show him her breasts is "cute" -- develop an initial animosity in chemistry class, then somehow, perhaps in a scene cut from the final print, fall in love.
When she gets over the shock that Eddie isn't just a pain but a royal pain, Paige pursues the prince back to Denmark, forgetting momentarily about doing good deeds in the Third World. Having spent a Thanksgiving at the Paige family's dairy farm, Eddie now gets to give the daughter the royal treatment in Copenhagen, which means a daily schedule of photo ops and banquets.
The queen (Miranda Richardson), at first horrified that an American commoner may become Denmark's next queen, discovers that the exposure of her playboy son to Paige for less than a semester has transformed him into a sophisticated political operative who can negotiate deals between the country's labor unions and corporate interests while his ailing dad (James Fox) lies in bed. Which brings the fairy tale to its Crisis of Conscience: Paige must choose between delivering medical care in El Salvador and having tea and crumpets with visiting royalty in Denmark.
The two young actors are game, but director Martha Coolidge and her writers offer no opportunities to display any wit or charm. The thundering dullness of the story defeats their exuberance. Consequently, most of the laughs fall to Ben Miller, who plays Eddie's much-abused personal secretary-cum-valet. Of the British-accented royal family, Richardson has her knickers in a twist most of the time, while Fox looks understandably confused as the script has him alternately on his death bed and gliding through glittery receptions.
Technical credits are pro on a production shot largely in Toronto and the Czech Republic. This includes Alex Nepomniaschy's bright lensing that uses much effective back lighting, Jennie Muskett's bubbly score and the fine use of storybook locations in castles and Baroque estates near Prague.
THE PRINCE & ME
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures in association with Lions Gate Entertainment presents a Sobini Films production
Credits:
Director: Martha Coolidge
Screenwriters: Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Katherine Fugate
Story by: Mark Amin, Katherine Fugate
Producer: Mark Amin
Executive producers: Cami Winikoff, Robin Schorr
Director of photography: Alex Nepomniaschy
Production designer: James Spencer
Music: Jennie Muskett
Co-producer: Jeffrey Lampert
Costume designer: Magali Guidasci
Editor: Steven Cohen
Cast:
Paige Morgan: Julia Stiles
Prince Edvard: Luke Mably
Soren: Ben Miller
Queen Rosalind: Miranda Richardson
King Haraald: James Fox
Amy Morgan: Alberta Watson
Ben Morgan: John Bourgeois
Princess Arabella: Eliza Bennett
Running time -- 111 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 3/29/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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