The Prince and Me (Full Screen Edition)

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Summary: A cute and believable love story!
Review: I saw this cute film a weekend before opening, during a local sneak preview, and let me say, it was great!

Wisconsin-born Paige Morgan (Julia Stiles) thinks boys are a distraction. In fact, she never dates, preferring to keep her mind on her pre-med college studies: she's worked hard for everything she's got! Prince Edvard "Eddie" of Denmark (Luke Mably) has the opposite problem: he has grown up surrounded by wealth and privilege (having been groomed since birth to become the next ruler of his country). Only thing is: he's not ready for the responsibility!

Along with his trusty servant/bodyguard Soren (Ben Miller), the Prince enrolls as a student at a Wisconsin college, in order to meet girls; he immediately sets off to the local hangout to find some. It is there that he runs into Paige, who is working; she dislikes him from the start, as he acts as less than a gentleman to her. When Eddie comes along the next day and pairs up with her as her lab partner, she's not about to change her mind about him...after all, he's just a rich playboy. Isn't he?

Although Eddie quickly realizes that she is the girl for him: the ONLY girl for him. He apologizes for his earlier behavior and the two become friends, and then something more. But when Paige discovers that her Eddie is actually Prince Edvard Valdemar Dangaard, soon to be 51st ruler of Denmark, she is understandably upset that he lied to her...but will she forgive him? And if she does, will the Prince be able to convince his parents to accept a poor Wisconsin girl as the future queen of Denmark?

Running from the paparazzi, exploding lab chemicals, lawnmower races, and a royal procession, this movie is full of cute moments of excitement and fun! For those of you with kids that are worried about content, there is barely any language in the film (one "bloody" and one "I'm going to kick your a**"), and other than a few scenes in a bar hangout and some make-out scenses, it is very family friendly!

From the beautiful scenery and dream-like sequence of events (that come across VERY realistically), this romantic film is definitely worth the watch! The chemistry and love that blossoms between Paige and Eddie is so sweet and believable that you can't help falling in love with the characters themselves, and wishing that every girl could end up with their Prince Charming and live happily ever after!

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Summary: Smashing Julia
Review: I was expecting much of the Prince & Me but it has become more than I expected.The fact that one of main characters is Prince of Denmark (just got married to an Aussie recently for those
who want facts) adds to its comic witty but heartwarming touch.
Julia was magnificent Its is just a magic touch that she has delivered and it makes any red blooded romantic male believe
in her dream.
The only thing I found displeasing was the rushness of the film
as showed some of Stiles inexpirience but I think with time she could be one of Americas very special actors.
I could watch this movie over and over again,it maybe romantic & energetic but it shows us how special respect and care for one another should be shown more
Do we have more prince & princess out there!

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Summary: I LOVED this movie
Review: Julia Stiles and Luke Mably were awesome. I saw this movie and loved it. It is the type of movie that can make you smile. I enjoy movies that can make you smile. As for the weather... WHO CARES? The weather added to the storyline, how manytimes has Cinderella gone to the ball in snow? I can't wait till this movie comes out on DVD. The story was like a real fairy tale. Tell me one girl who does not want to get wrapped up in a fairy tale once in a while? We are raised from the beginning of childhood life that fairy tales are just that... in this movie Paige is given the chance to live a true fairy tale. After realizing that she also remembers her dream, she remembers she will never give that up for anyone, not even prince charming. Paige is going to change the world. I loved that aspect of the movie. I want to see women who want to change the world and will work as hard as they have to in order to do so. I dont know, I guess I am just a hopeless romantic or something. But really, I think I just enjoy smiling every once in a while in the world we live in. Go see this movie, It was a real love story to lift your spirts.

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Summary: Awwwwww
Review: Julia Stiles is sensational in this would be fairy tale movie. Move over Princess Diaries, theres a new princess on the block. Julia plays Paige Morgan, a farm girl who has her life all mapped out. She is going to medical school and becoming a doctor so she can join Doctors without Borders and visit all of the exotic places she has never been able to see. It's all planned out, that is until she meets Prince Edward. Edward is a spoiled rich aristocrat with two much time on his hands. He wants freedom from his heritage and to look at college girls (...), so he leaves Denmark and travels to the heartland of America, Wisconsin to meet naughty American girls. what he finds is Morgan. The two make a great pair, and their chemistry is fantastic. Julia sparkles as always, and Luke Mabry is fantastic as the prince. The script is deliciously written and the film is a lot of fun.

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Summary: Julia's great; the movie's not
Review: Last year, there was a career day in the kindergarten class of my niece Emily, and all the children had to pick their future professions. Emily's choice: "princess."

Blame it on those repeat viewings of "Shrek" and "The Princess Diaries." If we'd been showing her "28 Days Later" and "Dawn of the Dead," she probably would have chosen "zombie" as her dream job.

When pressed, poor Em couldn't say exactly what duties a princess performed on a regular basis. She won't have a much clearer picture if she happens to see "The Prince & Me," in which sunny Julia Stiles -- whose range and personality deserve better material than this -- plays Paige, a pre-med student who ponders forsaking medical school to try her luck as, oh, just the wife of Edvard (Luke Mably), her former chemistry lab partner who just happens to be the crown prince of Denmark traveling incognito.

Wait, what's that? The king (James Fox) is in feeble health and is preparing to step down and let Eddie rule instead? Paige, baby, you're gonna be queen! Talk about a signing bonus!

The primary plot strands in the screenplay were well-worn when Sigmund Romberg composed his operetta "The Student Prince" 80 years ago, but the four screenwriters who assembled this romantic romp seem to think they're in uncharted territory here. Contrasts are carefully set up between Paige's just-folks family on their organic dairy farm in Wisconsin (where, hilariously, it's still short-sleeve weather, even at Thanksgiving) and Edvard's far more refined household in their suitably palatial home. There's a predictably difficult first encounter between a tipsy Edvard and a perturbed Paige, who, like the heroine of "The Student Prince" pays her bills by working as a barmaid.

Then the opposites attract, as Edvard enlightens Paige about Shakespearean speech -- you didn't think you were going to sneak by without a few "Hamlet" wisecracks, did you? -- and Paige gives Edvard lessons in the intricacies of doing your own laundry. If it weren't for Stiles' serene sassiness and a few welcome dashes of sarcasm from Ben Miller as Edvard's chaperone, the movie's first half would be a royal snooze.

The action -- and the interest level -- pick up markedly once the story moves to Denmark, where Edvard and Paige must face some life-altering choices, and Paige must deal with Edvard's regal mom (the magnificent Miranda Richardson), who doesn't like the idea of her son cavorting with a commoner.

As Paige tries to fill her demanding new role as a queen-in-training, the movie finally transcends its Cinderella complex and threatens to ask a few pointed questions about the place of old-style monarchies in today's world. There's even a hint of the late Princess Diana around the edges of the scenes in which Paige and Edvard attempt to escape the photo-snapping paparazzi.

Still, just like Julia Roberts' Vivian in "Pretty Woman," the filmmakers want the fairy tale, and before long "The Prince & Me" returns to its regularly scheduled programming, trotting out glorious galas and allowing the camera to all but drool over the sparkling treasures in the queen's vault. It's a sequence that could qualify as jewel pornography, and just the sort of thing that makes otherwise level-headed ladies -- and even a few precocious kindergartners -- want to chuck it all and run off with the first prince who comes a-knocking at the door.

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Summary: Cute and sweet "CHEMISTRY" you'll love to watch!
Review: Wisconsin-born Paige Morgan (Julia Stiles) thinks boys are a distraction. In fact, she never dates, preferring to keep her mind on her pre-med college studies: she's worked hard for everything she's got, having grown up poor. Prince Edvard "Eddie" of Denmark (Luke Mably) has the opposite problem: he has grown up surrounded by wealth and privilege (having been groomed since birth to become the next ruler of his country). Only thing is: he's not ready for the responsibility! The Prince rebels against his parent's upbringing, deciding to go to America to meet girls.

Along with his trusty servant/bodyguard Soren (Ben Miller), the Prince enrolls as a student at a Wisconsin college; they arrive and immediately set off to the local hangout to find some of these Wisconsin girls. It is there that Eddie runs into Paige, who is working; she dislikes him from the start, as he acts as less than a gentleman to her. When Eddie pairs up with her as her lab partner the next day in class, she's not about to change her mind about him...after all, he's just a rich playboy. Isn't he?

Although Eddie started off with Paige on the wrong foot, he quickly realizes that she is the girl for him: the ONLY girl for him. He apologizes for his earlier behavior and the two become friends, and then something more. But when Paige discovers that her Eddie is actually Prince Edvard Valdemar Dangaard, soon to be 51st ruler of Denmark, she is understandably upset that he lied to her...but will she forgive him? And if she does, will the Prince be able to convince his parents to accept a poor Wisconsin girl as the future queen of Denmark?

There are hardly any content issues, for those of you concerned about taking your kids to see the film: there is hardly any language (one swear word, and one use of "bloody"), some time spent at the local student hangout (has a few drinks at a bar), and a brief scene where a girl and guy are kissing and his shirt comes off, but they are interuppted.

From the beautiful scenery and dream-like sequence of events (that come across VERY realistically), this romantic film is definitely worth the watch! The chemistry and love that blossoms between Paige and Eddie is so sweet and believable that you can't help falling in love with the characters themselves, and wishing that every girl could end up with their Prince Charming and live happily ever after!