Director Garry Marshall, who once presentedthe heart-rending story of sincere love that erupted between a millionaire and a prostitute, once decided to film Meg Cabot's novel under the promising title “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 told about the adventures of an American teenage outsider, Mia, who once found out that she Princess of Genovia - Amelia Mignonetta Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo.
So, thanks to the efforts of the creative unionWritten by Gina Vendkos and Meg Cabot and directed by Garry Marshall, in 2001, the world saw one of the sweetest and most touching "Cinderella stories", which can distract the viewer from the everyday routine and take them to a fabulous extravaganza. The film “How to become a princess” is the perfect product of the Dream Factory.
In the entire history of its existence, the film industryHollywood perfectly mastered many genres (and invented many of them). Even unconsciously searching for "competitive advantages", the viewer understands that one of the most popular and popular, perfected genres of modern Hollywood is a romantic comedy. It also has its own hierarchy, in it is not the last place occupied by the so-called "films-transformation". There are a lot of such films - from “My big Greek wedding”, “It's all she” to the “Beauty” mentioned above. Apparently, the producer trio of the film (Debra Martin Chase, Mario Iskovich, Whitney Houston) realized in time that this structure of the narrative is an excellent means of attracting the attention of the majority of the female audience. And isn't every second spectator, who is sitting in a cinema hall, dreaming of such a turn of events? Therefore, the film “How to become a princess” was initially doomed to a smashing success and the production of a sequel.
The plot of the film "How to become a princess", the actorswhich are listed above, tells the story of the main character Mia. The girl until a certain point was the usual 15-year-old teenager, rather unsure of herself, with a bunch of complexes. She lived in San Francisco, went to school and secretly dreamed about the attention of the most popular and beautiful guy Josh's school. Not deprived of female attention boy, naturally, does not notice the "gray mouse" sneaking a sneak through it. But once her life changes radically, the grandmother of the protagonist arrives in 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 then came the moment when Princess Mia should return to her subjects and take the throne. But the problem is that the girl does not look presentable and is completely unfamiliar with the rules of palace etiquette. Grandma promises to correct the situation in a short time, and Mie ultimately has to make a difficult choice. So, briefly, without special spoilers, you can tell the storyline of the painting "How to become a princess." Actors, cameramen, decorators - the entire film crew noted the special favorable atmosphere that had developed during the filming.
The indisputable advantage of this romanticcomedy is involved in the filming of Julie Andrews. It was especially nice to see her on the screen. The audience is familiar with the actress from the films “Victor / Victoria” (1982), “Beautiful Love” (1992), “Blue Blood” (2000), etc. female role. One of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood, the star of the highest rank, the most talented actress Anne Hathaway. With her acting skills she was able to add charisma and color to the main character. The development of her character went beyond the ordinary cliche. The title of the present genius of the second plan was received by the unforgettable Hector Elizondo ("Family rental", "Pretty Woman"), his character turned out to be memorable and giving endless positive. The image created by Heather Matarazzo (“Blue Moon”, “Cry 3”) and Sandra O (“Last Night”) is remembered. Such an actor's casting has a film “How to become a princess”, the actors all as one proved their worth in the professional field.
The only complaint may beviewers after watching translators movie titles. The original version - “Princess's Diaries” - is much more heartily and more correct, because cynically-minded movie-goers can much more easily interpret the question that sounds in the title of the film: “How to become a princess?” In general, the movie turned out to be somewhat naive, focused on a specific target audience (teenage girls, young girls, lovely housewives, who secretly dream of finding ideal love, like in the movies, preferably a prince and make an "op" leg during the first kiss).
