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Actors: Anne Hathaway, Mandy Moore
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Princess Diaries
In this movie a young girl nameds Mia is about to have her world turned up-side down. Her gradmother who she has never spoken to comes to San Francisco, where she lives, to talk to her and her mother. The topic is very inportant. Mia finds out she is a princess. Everything around here changes.
--Amanda Geist, Resident Scholar


Analysis of The Princess Diaries
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - present (2000-2010)
Job/Profession/Poverty Story? Yes
Strong "rags to riches" component? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type - (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more... - caring
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (woman) average
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 60's-90's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Hair color - another color
Hair type - (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type - (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
City? Yes
City: - San Francisco
Misc setting - school

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - very happy
Any profanity? - None
If this is a kid's movie... - Ages 10-15
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop
Is this movie based on a - book
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