The Princess Diaries Critic Reviews

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Based upon 10 Critic Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

This charming, if unnecessarily coronation-length production gets the duckling-to-swan ambivalence just right.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

This stylish Disney production is an ideal family film.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

Entertaining and pleasing for children and parents, and not in the schizophrenic way of most kid's movies, which toss naughty in-jokes over the kiddies' heads.Read the full review

USA Today | Susan WloszczynaAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Washington Post | Michael O'SullivanAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

This is "Pretty Woman" for children.Read the full review

Washington Post | Rita KempleyAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie updates Disney's blueprint without altering it in any meaningful way.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Joan AndermanAdd Critic to Favorites

Unfortunately, the filmmakers seem to have forgotten that comedy is a requisite feature in a comedy.Read the full review

Variety | Robert KoehlerAdd Critic to Favorites

Exudes a pre-fab quality.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

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