Impressive movie about the image change. "How to become a princess." Actors and roles

Directed by Garry Marshall, who once presented to the world the heartbreaking story of sincere love flared between a millionaire and a prostitute, once decided to film Meg Cabot's novel under the promising title of "Princess Diaries." So there was a romantic comedy "How to become a princess" (actors: E. Hathaway, D. Andrews, G. Elizondo, H. Matarazzo, M. Moore), who talked about the adventures of American teenager-outsider Mia, who once learned that she Princess of Genovia - Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo.

Tale of the beginning of the XXI century

So, thanks to the efforts of the creative union of screenwriters Gina Vendkos and Meg Cabot and director Garry Marshall, in 2001, the light saw one of the most sweet and touching "Cinderella stories", which by virtue of distracting the viewer from routine routine and entice him into a fabulous extravaganza. The film "How to become a princess" is the ideal product of the Dream Factory.

A win-win

For all history of the existence the film industry of Hollywood has perfectly mastered many genres (and many of them also have invented). Even unconsciously looking for "competitive advantages", the viewer understands that one of the most popular and popular, brought to perfection genres of modern Hollywood is a romantic comedy. It also has its own hierarchy, not the last place is occupied by the so-called "transformation films". Such movies are great - from "My great Greek wedding", "This is all it" to the above-mentioned "Beauty". Apparently, the production trio of the film (Debra Martin Chase, Mario Iskovich, Whitney Houston) realized in time that this particular structure of the narrative is an excellent way to attract the attention of most of the female audience. And is not every second spectator dreaming about such a turn of events sitting in the cinema hall? Therefore, the film "How to become a princess" was initially doomed to a stunning success and the production of a sequel.

Plot

The plot of the film "How to become a princess", the actors of which are listed above, narrates the story that happened to the main character Mia. The girl until a certain point was an ordinary 15-year-old teenager, rather insecure, with a bunch of complexes. She lived in San Francisco, went to school and secretly dreamed of the attention of the most popular and handsome guy in the Josh school. Not not deprived of female attention boy, of course, does not notice the "gray mouse", furtively sighing over it. But one day her life changes radically, the grandmother of the main character comes to the city and presents her with stunning news - it turns out her father is the prince of one of the dwarf European countries of Genovia. And now the moment has come when Princess Mia must return to her subjects and ascend to the throne. But the problem is that the girl looks completely unpresentable and completely unfamiliar with the rules of palace etiquette. Grandmother promises to rectify the situation in a short time, and Mie will eventually have to make a difficult choice. So, briefly, without special spoilers, you can tell the story line of the picture "How to become a princess." Actors, operators, decorators - the whole crew noted a special favorable atmosphere that developed during the filming.

Advantages

The indisputable advantage of this romantic comedy is the participation in the filming of Julie Andrews. It was especially nice to see her on the screen. The spectator is familiar with the actress for the films "Victor / Victoria" (1982), "Beautiful Love" (1992), "Blue Blood" (2000), etc. However, she alone would not have been able to draw the picture, if not the singer of the main Female role. One of the most beautiful actresses of Hollywood, a star of the highest rank, the most talented actress Anne Hathaway. She with her acting skill was able to add charisma and color to the main character. The development of her character went beyond the conventional cliché. The title of this second-level genius was received by the unforgettable Hector Elizondo ("Family for hire", "Pretty Woman"), his character turned out to be memorable and giving endless positive. An image created by Heather Matarazzo ("Blue Moon", "Scream 3") and Sandra O ("Last Night") is remembered. Such an actor's casting has a movie "How to become a princess", the actors all proved their worth in a professional field.

A little sorry

The only complaint can arise from the audience after viewing the name of the film for the translators. The original version - "The Princess Diaries" - is much more sincere and more correct, because cynically tuned moviegoers can much easier to interpret the question that sounds in the title of the film: "How to become a princess?" - "Have a granny - queen"! In general, the movie turned out somewhat naive, focused on a certain target audience (teenage girls, young girls, lovely housewives secretly dreaming of finding the perfect love, like in a movie, preferably a prince and making an "op" leg during the first kiss).