The Princess Diaries Page #4

Synopsis: Mia Thermopolis is the average teenager - sweet, a little geeky and pretty much invisible to everyone with the exception of her mother, best friend Lilly and Lilly's older brother Michael. Making it through high school without throwing up is a challenge in itself for Mia, so it doesn't come as welcome news when her estranged grandmother shows up out of the blue and calmly informs her that she is in fact the heir to the throne of a European country called Genovia. Suddenly Mia's life is thrown into complete overload. She's being taught about scarves, waves and pears in order to become a perfect princess, she gets a makeover and a tough looking yet sweet bodyguard/limo driver called Joe. Things get out of hand when the media gets a hold of the story and suddenly Mia is thrust into the spotlight in both the newspapers and in school. On top of all that Mia has a choice to make. She must decide by Genovia's Independence Day Ball whether she longs to relinquish her claim on the throne or to
Director(s): Garry Marshall
Production: Walt Disney Pictures
  3 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
47%
G
Year:
2001
111 min
$107,785,435
Website
14,542 Views


with my guidance counselor.

I'm late for a meeting

with Spain and Portugal.

I have a thought.

Mia promises to attend princess lessons

until your ball.

It's not my ball, it's Genovia's

Annual Independence Day Ball.

I'm sorry.

Mia promises neither

to accept nor reject

your offer to be royal

until this grand ball.

Then she makes her decision.

Now can you both live with that?

It seems I have no option.

If I have to.

But I want not one word of this

until that evening, is that understood?

Duh.

- The press would have a field day.

- Well,

let's not keep Spain

and Portugal waiting.

I'm gonna be 16 this year,

and my mom traded two paintings

to get me a 1966 Mustang.

- You know what a Mustang is, right?

- I raise mustangs.

That is not a sensible car

for a princess.

It's not a sensible car for anyone.

It doesn't run.

I suppose I could donate

something to this vehicle.

- Good morning, Mr. Robutusen.

- Who is this gentleman?

My neighbor,

but you wouldn't want to meet him.

He doesn't have very nice manners.

Good morning.

- There's someone I want you to meet.

- OK.

- You have two limousines?

- One is yours.

- You raise limousines, too?

- No.

- Amelia, this is Joseph.

- Hi, nice to meet you.

The elegant European woman

didn't stay for tea.

Thanks.

But the promise of tomorrow

hung in the air.

Princess?

May I point out that,

no matter how many times you push it,

it will go up and down the same way.

Joseph, can we 86 the flags, please?

No. The flags allow me

to park anywhere.

- We keep the flags.

- Sorry, Joseph.

You can call me Joe.

Joey?

No. Joe.

Did I miss something?

Are we going to a wedding?

No, school.

This is the surprise ride.

This is Joe.

Joe, Lilly. Lilly, Joe.

Hi, it's nice to meet you.

You look like Shaft.

Yes. Excuse me.

- You want a ride?

- Yeah. Totally.

- I got it.

- Of course.

Oh, my word.

Please fasten your seatbelts, ladies.

Is your mother dating an undertaker?

No. This long lost grandmother

showed up and she wants me to use it.

- And?

- I don't know.

I guess she's just trying to be nice

to get me to like her.

Hey, Joe?

Can you park a block away from school?

I don't want to cause a riot

with this hearse.

This is a non-riot hearse.

And if it were a hearse,

there would be silence in the backseat.

Hey there, ho there

How do ya do?

This is Grove Lions saying hi to you.

Go, Lions!

This is a reminder.

Virtual homework may not be submitted

for actual credit.

Tell, me, Mia,

is it true about your speech?

Are you speaking

at the bulimic convention?

So you can speak and barf

at the same time?

- Good glove, Michael. Way to go.

- That's the way to make the play.

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Gina Wendkos

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