"The Prince & Me" came out the same year as the two first daughter's movies. Judging from its trailer, it seemed like that this film had the same theme. Only this time, the lead character was a prince. "Oh no! Not again," were the words I blurted out. "Enough!" If I'm not mistaken, maybe that's the reason why this film was quite a disappointment in the box-office.
HOWEVER, when I saw this on video, I was surprised that it wasn't bad at all. It was even quite better than the two mentioned movies. Although not exactly original, it was way different than the two with its well-researched life of the royalties. Check out the making of the film and you'd see what I meant.
The first fifteen minutes of this film was a blah especially the reason why the prince decided to study in a university in Winconsin. For an educated royalty like him, he was characterized as the stereotypical loser, sex-starved teens portrayed in Hollywood teen flicks. Why would he resort to pretending a nobody when he can get any girl he wants (actually, he was already doing so in Denmark!) by being himself--a prince! Besides, proving his self-worth as an ordinary guy was not really in his agenda. Nevertheless, the film slowly moved on after that into a typical romantic film with a not so-typical turn of events.
Despite her efforts not to pay attention to the gorgeous classmate, the studious and serious about life girl still fell for him only to learned that he was a distraction to the straight path she wanted to pursue. Not to mention the fact that he is a prince! Too late to back-out now, she went to Denmark to be with her prince. Soon enough, the ordinary duck turned into swan ala "Pretty Woman". She also won the heart of the queen mother of the soon-to-be-king because she saw her good effects on him. But she wasn't about to give up her life and dreams for the fairy tale romance that she wasn't ready for. She eventually went back home to pursue her university education to become a doctor and work for the Doctors Without Borders team. I had hoped that it ended there but it didn't. Eventually, the now king expressed his desires to wait for her until she becomes ready to be his queen. Yeah, it sounded so cheesy yet it still worked! Thanks to the on-screen chemistry and good acting by the two leads, Julia Stiles and Luke Mably.
Overall, "The Prince & Me" was worth the almost two hours that you've spent watching it! This is "The Princess Diaries" and "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement" combined made better!
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