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For the second time in her career, Julia Stiles plays a character romancing the Crown Prince of Denmark in The Prince & Me, a romantic wish-fulfillment fantasy from director Martha Coolidge. Far from ... read more read more...her role as Ophelia in 2000's Hamlet, however, Stiles plays Paige, a plucky, determined college student from the Midwest who's buried in her last few semesters of pre-med studies when she meets Eddie, a brash, impudent Danish foreign-exchange student who just happens to have a mysterious partner (Ben Miller) shadowing him in everything he does. What Paige doesn't know is that Eddie is in fact the spoiled son of the King (James Fox) and Queen (Miranda Richardson) of Denmark, on holiday in America hoping to find a nonstop keg party complete with buxom American babes. What he and his butler don't count on is squalid dorm life, final exams, and the possibility that Eddie might actually find his true soul mate in the sensible Paige. But when Eddie finally reveals his secret, will Paige want to give up her dreams of becoming a doctor for a playboy prince? ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: August 10, 2004

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  • June 24, 2011
    The best was this one. The rest are horrible and missing Julia Stiles big time.
  • May 2, 2011
    I just didn't get it. Not princessy enough for me (barely any scenes in the royal palace!), but not high school enough either. It's just a lot of Julia Stiles rehashing 10 Things I Hate About You and that other dude not being as charming as Heath Ledger.
  • July 21, 2010
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  • July 11, 2010
    Another stock story - this one about a girl-from-the-farm falling in love with a prince-in-hiding. The prince asks her to marry him, but she does not want to live an inconsequential life being hounded by paparazzi, so she goes home -- and you know how it will end.
  • November 30, 2009
    Funny. Missed the beginning, but it was entertaining. A little corney but, not over the top. It was what I expected.
  • December 10, 2008
    These supposed to be sweet comedy/romance movies with these supposed to be sweet actresses make me sick, Stiles is annoying like always
  • November 25, 2008
    i saw enough of this to know that it was terrible. there was one hilarious scene over a thanksgiving meal that saves this film from the worst of the worst, but it was pretty bad.
  • March 6, 2008
    It's just never-gonna-happen escapist fantasy fun. And I'm glad the script doesn't allow for inane hedging around with "Let me explain - I - but- you" et cetera et cetera ad nauseum. The characters actually get chances to speak.
  • August 8, 2007
    This was so cute.
  • December 28, 2006
    Pretty good and at one point it feels like two movies.

Critic Reviews


Ed Park
April 6, 2004
Ed Park, Village Voice

Paige eventually comes to a self-affirming decision, but the Danish interlude succeeds too well in making us feel her boredom. Full Review

Richard Roeper
April 5, 2004
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

... thumbs down for me ... Full Review

Sara Gebhardt
April 2, 2004
Sara Gebhardt, Washington Post

Nothing is new about the movie's premise, but it is entertaining all the same.

Ann Hornaday
April 2, 2004
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Bland and immediately disposable.

Claudia Puig
April 2, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Even its pre-teen audience could use a bit more quirkiness and a little less formula. Full Review

Geoff Pevere
April 2, 2004
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

The sound you hear is the death rattle of the women's movement. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
April 2, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

As pleasant to watch as a fairy tale, but it's smarter than a fairy tale. Full Review

Joe Baltake
April 2, 2004
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

I guess the 'real' part is that the heroine here isn't a simp as she was in, say, Cinderella, and the handsome prince is no longer that handsome and no longer behaves in a princely manner. Full Review

Jay Boyar
April 2, 2004
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

The realism clashes with the princess-fantasy story. Full Review

Stephen Whitty
April 2, 2004
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

Sappily-ever-after fairy tale. Full Review

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