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Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall, Michelle Trachtenberg, Hayden Panettiere, Trevor Blumas ... see more see more... , Connie Ray , Kirsten Olson , Juliana Cannarozzo , Jocelyn Lai , Brian Boitano , Erik King , Debbi Wilkes , Colleen Collins , Kevin Jubinville , Mathieu Ledoux , Martha MacIsaac , Courtney Hawkrigg , Andrew T. Mackay , Steven Ross , Paul Sun-Hyung Lee , Roy Bradshaw , Mark Hird , Ben Gilbank , Thanh Nguyen , Cole Campbell , Brandon Lajko , Jesse Primosig , Andrea Tou , Jordan Hockley , Charmaine Hamp , Laura Aloisio , Amanda Leela , Emma Nielsen , Melissa Shears , Kaci Brandt , Edrea Khong , Alexandra Najarro , Chantal Desforge , Diego Klattenhoff , Joey Racki , Mandy Butcher , Sean Persaud , Stephanie Hutchison , Flo Umphrey , Jennifer Gelfer , Shanique Ollivierre-Lake , Michele Moore , Signe Ronka , Sean Croft , Andrew Dow , Andrew Butcher , Knickoy Robinson

A teenager is torn between her desire to please her mother and following her own ambitions in this family-friendly comedy drama. Casey Carlyle (Michelle Trachtenberg) is a high-school student who has ... read more read more...a keen mind for math and looks to be on the fast track to Harvard, which is just the way her mother (Joan Cusack) wants it. However, Casey also has a dream of becoming a competitive ice skater, which is not a popular notion with either Casey's mom or her school's clique of aspiring skaters, led by the egocentric Gen (Hayden Panettiere). However, one day at the rink Casey wins the attention of Tina (Kim Cattrall), a former skating champion who now trains her daughter and is trying to live down an incident that grounded her career on the ice. Tina thinks Casey has what it takes to be a champ, but neither Gen nor Casey's mother are happy with this news, leaving Casey and Tina to go it alone, though Casey soon wins the emotional support of Teddy (Trevor Blumas), Gen's handsome older brother. Ice Princess also features champion skater Michelle Kwan in a small role as herself, doing television commentary at a skating event. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: July 19, 2005

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  • October 23, 2011
    Awful kids film. The music is the only thing that gives you any emotion in this film since the acting and narrative is dull.
  • August 17, 2011
    A chick flick that bored the crap out of me. This is not worth anyone time, even with a few good moments in the film.
  • August 14, 2011
    Such a great movie about following your heart & your dreams. Michelle Trachtenberg was awesome as was the rest of the cast.
  • June 23, 2011
    I really enjoyed this. I love to watch people ice skate and the love between the two characters was beautiful. A really nice chick flick. A must see!
  • August 2, 2010
    A cute little film that needed a little momentum. Kattrall was stellar, as was Trachtenberg.
  • July 29, 2010
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  • August 2, 2009
    a film which should have been shut down before production began
  • November 4, 2007
    Young actresses Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Michelle Trachtenberg and Heroes' Hayden Panettiere look so beautiful on their ice skating and this family movie is hilarious and heartwarming comedy of a brainy misfit who finds herself transformed beyond her wildest dream... read mores of a winter sport. I'm glad Hayden's character is not a bitch girl in this movie because I like her.
  • June 18, 2007
    honestly it deserves a lower rating, but i like watching skating/dancing and the like. and despite the fact that the ice skating wasn't too great (esp that done by trachtenberg, or her stunt double or whatever, can't tell), but all in all, i really like watching figure skating an... read mored that's what gives it the extra 1/2 star. acting was shockingly bad and story was cliche. but, i didn't watch this movie with high expectations (even though i was inundated with advertisements a few years ago, quite annoying) so i pretty much got what i expected. and also, this is unrelated, but in the past two years, hayden panettiere has lost a LOOOT of weight.
  • May 23, 2007
    nice movie, it is entertaining specially for chicks. A cast full of young actresses and actors except for Kim Catrall and Joan Cusack. Mchelle Trachtenberg and Hayden Panettiere are a pair of gorgeous girls, they look really good

Critic Reviews


Nick Sylvester
March 22, 2005
Nick Sylvester, Village Voice

The surprisingly twisty plot skates along with zero friction, giving new meaning to 'Disney on Ice.' Full Review

Richard Roeper
March 21, 2005
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

There are far too many cringe-inducing clichés and gaping plot holes. Full Review

Stephen Hunter
March 18, 2005
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

The movie does have a strong sense of the special charisma and beauty of these young demons of grace who ride the thin line between dance and sport with unerring precision. Full Review

Desson Thomson
March 18, 2005
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

Trachtenberg is thoroughly believable, an unspoiled charmer. Her rise from clumsy girl to someone brimming with confidence and the author of one heckuva physics project, she's a pretty cool princess t... Full Review

Susan Walker
March 18, 2005
Susan Walker, Toronto Star

Watching this week's world figure skating championships in Moscow, one wonders why the scriptwriters went to such artificial lengths. There's drama enough in the sport as it is. Full Review

John Anderson
March 18, 2005
John Anderson, Variety

A savvier movie (and script) might have been able to mix some grays into its black and white palette. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
March 18, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

A cut above most pictures of its type. Full Review

Roger Moore
March 18, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

It doesn't score high in degree of difficulty. But it is technically flawless, and artistically it sticks the landing. Full Review

Lisa Rose
March 18, 2005
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger

Take the teen makeover template, add ice, and you've got the latest piece of pandering entertainment from Walt Disney Pictures. Full Review

Kyle Smith
March 18, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post

If you're wondering which way the movie is going, note that it isn't called Quadratic Equation Princess.

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